About four hundred and seventy-one (471) of the All Progressives Congress candidates for the presidential and National Assembly elections have been uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Candidate Nomination Portal.
The APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda,made this known in a statement on Sunday July 12 , a day after the close of INEC’s portal for the submission of presidential and National Assembly candidates.
The list also confirmed President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima as the party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the 2027 general election.
The submissions comprised the presidential and vice-presidential ticket, 109 Senate candidates and 360 House of Representatives candidates, completing its nominations for the offices covered by the portal.
Prof. Yilwatda congratulated the party’s candidates, leaders and members on the successful completion of the exercise.
“I congratulate our candidates, leaders, and members of APC on the successful 100% upload of our Presidential, Vice Presidential, Senate, and House of Representatives candidates on the INEC Candidate Nomination Portal (ICNP).
“With this milestone achieved, our focus now shifts to mobilisation and preparations for a successful campaign and decisive victory at the polls,” he said.
The development comes after INEC fixed 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, as the deadline for political parties to submit the nomination forms of their presidential and National Assembly candidates through its online portal.
According to the commission’s timetable, political parties received access codes to the portal on June 26, while the submission of Forms EC9 and EC9A to EC9E commenced on June 27 in line with Section 29(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026.
