Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, has listed 16 candidates, including the incumbent Governor of Enugu State , Dr Peter Mbah to contest for the state Governorship position in the 2027 general election.
This was contained in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Final List of Governorship Candidates for Enugu State displayed on Sunday at the INEC headquarters, Enugu.
The document contains the personal credentials of all 16 candidates contesting the state’s top political position.
Gov. Mbah is contesting under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Uchenna Nnaji, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Chinyeaka Ohaa , Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Obodoeze Ocho of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The final list also names Edwin Alor , Accord; Prof. Jehu Nnaji, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP); and Okwudilichukwu Ugwu , Labour Party (LP) .
Other major candidates are: Nnamdi Ugwu of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA); Anthony Udeani of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and Afamefuna Ani of the Action Peoples Party (APP); Elvis Ugwoke of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP); Friday Iloka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Nnamdi Omeje of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) ; Ken Ikeh of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); C Obioma Nnamani of the Because Of Our Tomorrow (BOOT); Party and Ndubuisi Okonkwo of National Rescue Movement (NRM) .
Candidates have intensified statewide electioneering campaign through engagements with stakeholders ahead of the 2027 Governorship election.
