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2027: ADC, NDC candidates not cleared for Cross River governorship
Cross River governorship candidates: ADC and NDC excluded from INEC's final list for 2027 election.
In brief
Cross River governorship candidates: ADC and NDC excluded from INEC's final list for 2027 election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not clear ADC and NDC candidates for Cross River State's 2027 governorship election. Originally reported by Premium Times Nigeria.
Cross River governorship candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released a final list of cleared candidates for Cross River State's 2027 governorship election.
ADC and NDC excluded
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) will not field candidates in Cross River State's 2027 governorship election.
INEC final list
From INEC's final list, only eight political parties have candidates for Cross River State's governorship election.
Parties with candidates
The parties are the All Progressives Congress (APC), All Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), National Rescue Movement (NRM), Labour Party (LP), Action Alliance (AA), Action Democratic Party (ADP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Age of candidates
Nya Bassey of the APP is the youngest governorship candidate, while Governor Bassey Otu of the APC and Ali Patrick of the AA are the oldest at 66 years each.
Total candidates
No fewer than 241 candidates have been cleared by INEC to contest 36 elective positions in Cross River State's 2027 general elections.
Positions contested
The positions include the governorship, Senate, House of Representatives, and State House of Assembly seats.
PDP response
The PDP says it will address the omission of its candidates from INEC's list.
Event date
The 2027 Cross River governorship election will take place on February 6.
Here's the gist
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not clear ADC and NDC candidates for Cross River State's 2027 governorship election.
