INEC Publishes Names of 33 Candidates for Kaduna Senate Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission has published the final list of 33 candidates contesting the three senatorial seats in Kaduna State in the January 2027 National Assembly elections.
The list comprises 12 candidates for Kaduna North, 13 for Kaduna Central and eight for Kaduna South.
Among the prominent candidates are former Kaduna Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, former Senator Shehu Sani, incumbent Senator Lawal Usman and Senator Sunday Katung.
In Kaduna North, Yero of the All Progressives Congress will contest against incumbent Senator Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha of the African Democratic Congress.
Yero, who served as governor of the state, is seeking a return to elective office through the Senate.
In Kaduna Central, former Senator Shehu Sani of the APC is challenging incumbent Senator Lawal Usman of the ADC.
Sani previously represented the district in the Senate, while Usman is seeking re-election.
Other candidates for the Kaduna Central seat include Badamasi Hafsat of the Action Democratic Party, Usman Lawal of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Jatau Aliyu Suleiman of the Allied Peoples Movement, Ibrahim Mohammed Sani of the National Democratic Party and Bala Daniel Joji of the New Nigeria Peoples Party.
The remaining candidates are Adamu Haruna of the National Democratic Congress, Ibrahim Usman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Suleiman Munir Babangida of the Peoples Redemption Party and Salisu Suleiman of the Social Democratic Party, alongside Danbaki Yusuf Solomon of the Labour Party and Sani Yaya of the Young Progressive Party.
In Kaduna South, incumbent Senator Katung of the APC is seeking re-election against candidates including Godfrey Ali Gaiya of the ADC, Abel Yashim Solomon of the ADP and Sa’ad Abubakar of the APM.
Others are Dauda Philibus of the NNPP, Gumbari Joseph Mataimaki of the PDP, Laura Yimi Lucas of the SDP and Adeyemi Adebowale Abdulzeez of the Zenith Labour Party.
The final list, signed by INEC Secretary Rose Oriaran-Anthony, contains the candidates’ names, political parties, ages, genders and listed qualifications.
The publication formally identifies the candidates cleared by the electoral commission to contest the Kaduna North, Kaduna Central and Kaduna South senatorial elections scheduled for January 2027.
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