2027 Governorship Final Lists: All 28 States Checked

Who is on your state's governorship list? INEC's published final lists name both the governor candidate and the deputy on each party's ticket. We checked all 28 published state lists on 24 October 2026: 420 governor candidates and 420 running mates.

These are the 28 states holding governorship elections in the 2027 cycle. Each table reproduces the names and pairings in the linked INEC document. The other eight states hold their governorship elections on separate schedules. Open the governorship state directory to inspect individual candidate records.

What changed from earlier reports?

This update adds the remaining 19 state lists to the nine checked earlier. A name missing from a final list establishes an omission, not its cause. Where a shortened name cannot yet be linked confidently to an earlier record, we keep the identities separate while checking the evidence.

Gombe's document lists 16 tickets and no PDP ticket. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, whose PDP nomination we previously tracked, is not named. Ogun's 13-ticket list also has no PDP ticket: Oladipupo Adebutu does not appear. The lists establish those omissions; they do not explain the reasons, and an omission alone should not be described as a withdrawal or a court disqualification.

Ogun's ADC ticket names Lawal Jimi Adebisi and Olutayo Florence Funlola Folake. Both entries carry a "COURT ORDER" remark in the document. Earlier primary reporting had named Biodun Ogundipe. The final publication is the source for the table here. Ogun's document also contains no NDC ticket, which means the earlier Bolaji Odusina nomination report does not describe a ticket on this list.

Nasarawa's SDP entry names Mohammed Abubakar Adamu and Ada'a Lawrence Dari. Adamu had been removed from our tracked field after an earlier candidate-particulars publication named someone else. The final document now supplies fresh evidence for his entry. In Niger, the 15-ticket list includes the APC ticket of Mohammed Umaru Bago and Garba Yakubu, and the PDP ticket of Muhammad Mamman Nami and Dahir Dan'azumi Abdul.

Kano's 17-ticket list has no NDC ticket, so Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, whose NDC nomination we tracked, is not named. Its PDP ticket names Abacha Muhammed Sani and Kibiya Yusuf Ado. Earlier primary reporting had named Muhammad Bello Dalhatu.

In Lagos, the NDC ticket names Doherty Olufunso Adeshina. Naheem Balogun, who said he remained the party's candidate, is not listed. The APM ticket pairs Adeoye Adelaja Azeez with Adenuga Oluwakemi Rahmat. An earlier report had named Coker Oluwatobi Adeyemi Grace as the running mate. As with Gombe and Ogun, these documents establish who is listed. They do not explain why anyone is missing.

Some entries spell a name differently from earlier reports. Rivers lists the NDC candidate as Lilu-Briggs Dumo Owukori, and Adamawa lists the YPP candidate as Theman Wafarninyi. Both match the same party, state and candidate we had tracked, and their candidate records keep the familiar spelling.

Read the ticket, then inspect the record

A running mate is a member of the same ticket, not an additional governor candidate. Sixteen Gombe tickets therefore mean 16 governor candidates and 16 deputy candidates. The names in the deputy column should stay with the principal candidate beside them.

The official list answers who is named. It does not replace scrutiny of a candidate's record, policies and sources. Use the state race pages to open individual records and follow their citations. Where a record is brief, the linked INEC document remains available so you can inspect the underlying entry yourself.

Keep the dates in view. Each table describes the document as checked on the date shown beside it. A later official update may change an entry. When a newer source changes the tracked field, we retain the correction and its evidence rather than treating every earlier primary report as current.

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