The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has published details of all the 16 candidates in the November, 2025 Anambra state governorship election.
INEC said it published the details of the 16 political parties which are sponsoring candidates for the election, after the May 12, 2025 deadline set by the Electoral Act to political parties to submit the details of their candidates on the Commission’s portal.
According to a statement signed by Sam Olumekan, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee the Commission said the candidates, their running mates and copies of their academic credential and other documents have been displayed at the INEC Headquarters and 21 local governments in the state.
INEC urged members of the public to verify the documents to ascertain whether the information supplied by the candidates are true, adding that the final list for the contesting candidates will be released on June 15, 2025, 150 days before the governorship election in November.
The electoral umpire said this has presented the Nigerians nursing any doubt about the information supplied by the candidates, to challenge such at a federal high court as provide by the Electoral Act.
The statement: “Following the conclusion of party primaries, sixteen (16) Political Parties have uploaded their candidates’ nomination forms for the Anambra State Governorship Election by the deadline of 6.00pm on Monday 12th May 2025 when the dedicated portal automatically shuts down.
“As provided in Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act 2022 and listed as item 4 on the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election, the Commission has published the personal particulars of each candidate and his running mate by displaying copies of the Form EC9, along with all the accompanying academic credentials and other documents submitted by them, at our State Headquarters and the 21 Local Government offices across Anambra State.
“We appeal to Nigerians to scrutinize the documents. Any aspirant who participated in his/her party primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by a candidate is false can challenge the nomination in a Federal High Court as provided in Section 29(5) of the Electoral Act 2022.
“The final list of candidates will be published on 9th June 2025 which is at least 150 days before the day of the election in line with the provision of Section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and listed as item 7 on our Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election.
“The Anambra State Governorship Election is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 8th November 2025,” the commission said.
The Source reports that Governors Charles Soludo, who is seeking a re-election under the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA is among the 16 candidate jostling to rule the state.
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