Major parties, including APC, PDP, and NDC, finalize nominee submissions on INEC website

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The All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and New Democratic Congress have completed the electronic upload of their candidates for the 2027 general elections on the Independent National Electoral Commission portal.

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The parties confirmed the development on Monday as the deadline for the submission of candidates through the INEC online portal approaches.

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The ruling APC said it completed the process ahead of the original deadline set by the electoral commission.

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The National Chairman of the party, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, said the APC had successfully uploaded candidates for all elective positions, from the state Houses of Assembly to the presidential election.

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INEC had initially fixed Saturday, August 8, 2026, as the deadline for the exercise but extended it by three days to Tuesday, August 11, following appeals from political parties that were yet to complete the process.

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Yilwatda, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy, Abimbola Tooki, on Sunday, described the early completion as evidence of the party’s organisational strength and preparedness for the 2027 elections.

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He said the exercise involved the nomination, documentation, verification and electronic submission of thousands of candidates across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

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“The APC has once again demonstrated that we are prepared for the responsibility of governing Nigeria. We did not wait until the last minute.

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“We planned, coordinated our structures and ensured that our candidates were successfully uploaded before the expiration of the original deadline. This is what organisation, discipline and responsible political leadership mean,” Yilwatda said.

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Similarly, the spokesman of the Wike-led faction of the PDP, Jungudo Haruna, confirmed to our correspondent that the faction had completed the upload of its candidates.

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“We have uploaded our candidates’ names. There were no glitches,” Haruna said.

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The NDC spokesman, Osa Director, also confirmed that the party had completed the process.

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“We have completed ours,” he said.

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The SDP spokesman, Rufus Aiyenigba, equally confirmed that the party had submitted its candidates through the INEC portal.

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