As the October 7 deadline for conclusion of all primary elections and submission of names of candidates of political parties to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC ahead of next year’s elections comes to an end, here are the list of Presidential candidates of political parties that will content the 2019 Presidential elections:
All Progressives Congress (APC) Muhammadu Buhari
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
Alliance for Democracy (AD) Prince Eniola Ojajuni
Abundance Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) Tope Kolade Fasua
Kowa Party (KP) Dr Adesina Fagbenro-Byron
Social Democratic Party (SDP) Donald Duke
All Blending Party (ABP) Moses Shipi
National Rescue Movement (NRM) Alhaji Ibrahim Usman
African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore
Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) Fela Durotoye
Alliance for People’s Trust (APT) Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Obiageli Ezekwesili
Young Progressive Party (YPP) Kingsley Moghalu
National Interest Party (NIP) Mrs Eunice Atuejide
Sustainable National Party (SNP) Ahmed Buhari
Yes Electorates Solidarity (YES) Alistair Soyode
Independent Democrats (ID) Edozie Madu
People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN) Hamza Al-Mustapha
We the People of Nigeria (WTPN) Prof. Peter Nwangwu
Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) Olusegun Mimiko
Recall that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, insisted that the 2019 general elections won’t be shifted.