The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has given the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) 72 hours to post the names of 5 of its governorship applicants and their working pals allegedly neglected from the overall listing for the February 6, 2027 elections.
In a letter signed via its Nationwide Chairman, Senator Cleopas Moses Zuwoghe, and Nationwide Secretary, Barrister Ikenna Morgan Enekweizu, cited via LEADERSHIP on Wednesday , the birthday celebration recommended INEC to proper what it described because the omission of applicants it had validly nominated.
The letter, dated October 3, 2026, was once won on the administrative center of the INEC chairman on October 14.
The affected applicants are Abdulsalam Aminu Gwarzo, with Rabiu Mustapha as working mate, in Kano State; Odey John Upan, with Archibong Stella Charles as working mate, in Go River State; and Laah Danfuma Tella, with Sani Bashir as working mate, in Kaduna State.
Others are Muktar Faruk Alhaji, with Ayuba Shamsudeen as working mate, in Kebbi State; and Odusina Bolaji Marie, with Adeyemni Yunus Adesina as working mate, in Ogun State.
The birthday celebration, within the letter titled “Omission of Names of Our Gubernatorial and Their Deputies,” counseled INEC for its efforts in opposition to credible elections however insisted that the 5 applicants and their deputies must be incorporated within the ultimate listing.
Recalled that INEC printed its ultimate listing of governorship applicants on October 10, with a number of aspirants, together with former Minister of Communications and Virtual Financial system, Isa Ali Pantami; the Peoples Democratic Celebration’s (PDP) Ogun State candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu; and Gwarzo, lacking from the listing.
The omissions have generated controversy, with affected applicants and political events searching for explanations from the fee.
INEC has attributed some exclusions to non-compliance with statutory necessities governing political birthday celebration club registers and participation in birthday celebration primaries, following a Ideal Court docket judgment delivered on September 24, 2026.
The judgment involved provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 requiring political events to post their club registers to the fee throughout the stipulated duration and restricting participation in primaries to individuals whose names seem at the submitted registers.
The fee therefore defined that some applicants had been excluded as a result of their events failed to satisfy the acceptable membership-register necessities sooner than undertaking their primaries.
The omissions have affected applicants throughout birthday celebration traces, together with PDP governorship applicants in Gombe and Ogun states.
The birthday celebration additionally didn’t point out what motion it will take if the fee did not conform to its 72-hour ultimatum.
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