South West
All seven placed people from the zone occupy the presidential slot. None is listed as a running mate.
Where Nigeria’s 2027 Presidential Tickets Come From: A Geopolitical Zone Breakdown
North West, South East and South West each account for seven of the 36 people listed across 18 presidential tickets. But the presidential and vice-presidential slots are distributed very differently across those zones.
34/36
People placed
at zone level
at zone level
7
South West
presidential nominees
presidential nominees
6
North West
running mates
running mates
2
People still
unplaced
unplaced
Geopolitical zones
The same total can hide a very different ticket role
Each bar counts people, not parties or votes. Presidential and vice-presidential nominees are separated so that regional representation is not flattened into one total.
North Central3 of 36 people
3
North East6 of 36 people
6
North West7 of 36 people
7
South East7 of 36 people
7
South South4 of 36 people
4
South West7 of 36 people
7
Unverified2 of 36 people
2
Scale: the longest role bar equals seven people. Zone totals are shown at right.
What the list shows
Three patterns survive the equal totals
North West
One placed person occupies the presidential slot and six occupy the vice-presidential slot—the largest running-mate count of any zone.
South East
Four placed people occupy the presidential slot and three occupy the vice-presidential slot, the most even split among the three zones tied at seven.
This pattern describes the candidate field reviewed by Mundx. It does not establish why parties chose their tickets, how voters will respond, or whether any zone has greater electoral strength.
Candidate directory
Candidates and their zones
Mundx matched candidate biographies and published profiles to Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. Six additional origin details were reported directly to Mundx; entries without a public-source link are labeled accordingly.
View all 36 candidates, states, zones and sources
| Party | Role | Name | State or basis | Zone | Source status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | President | Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje | Osun | South West | Profile ↗ |
| AA | Vice president | Shehu Hussaini | Zamfara | North West | Ticket report ↗ |
| ADP | President | Abbas-Bin Aliyu | Borno | North East | Candidate bio ↗ |
| ADP | Vice president | Ike Chinazam | Imo | South East | Ticket report ↗ |
| APP | President | Yusuf Kabiru | Kaduna | North West | Reported to Mundx |
| APP | Vice president | Ofordile Peace Egobia | Not specified | South East | Reported to Mundx |
| AAC | President | Sowore Omoyele | Ondo | South West | Biographical record ↗ |
| AAC | Vice president | Magashi Haruna Garba | Kano | North West | First-person bio ↗ |
| ADC | President | Abubakar Atiku | Adamawa | North East | Biographical record ↗ |
| ADC | Vice president | Amaechi Chibuike Rotimi | Rivers | South South | Candidate bio ↗ |
| APC | President | Tinubu Bola Ahmed | Lagos | South West | Biographical record ↗ |
| APC | Vice president | Shettima Kashim | Borno | North East | Biographical record ↗ |
| APM | President | Makinde Oluseyi Abiodun | Oyo | South West | State bio ↗ |
| APM | Vice president | Musa Lawal Daura | Katsina | North West | Campaign bio ↗ |
| BP | President | Adenuga Sunday | Ogun | South West | Profile ↗ |
| BP | Vice president | Mustapha Usman Turaki | — | — | Not verified |
| DLA | President | Adebisi Moses Olusoji | Osun | South West | Published bio ↗ |
| DLA | Vice president | Abubakar Nafisat Usaku | Nasarawa | North Central | Provisional match ↗ |
| LP | President | Okereke Sunday Chibuzo | Not specified | South East | Reported to Mundx |
| LP | Vice president | Konto Hajja Bintu | Borno | North East | Profile ↗ |
| NDP | President | Okwori Ada Elizabeth Fredrick | Benue | North Central | Profile ↗ |
| NDP | Vice president | Chukwuemeka Uchenna Anthony | Not specified | South East | Reported to Mundx |
| NRM | President | Okereke Nkem Esther | Not specified | South East | Reported to Mundx |
| NRM | Vice president | Sulaiman Nasir Muhammed | — | — | Not verified |
| NDC | President | Obi Peter Gregory | Anambra | South East | Biographical record ↗ |
| NDC | Vice president | Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso | Kano | North West | Published bio ↗ |
| PDP | President | Onor Sandy Ojang | Cross River | South South | Published bio ↗ |
| PDP | Vice president | Umaru Babangida | Adamawa | North East | Ticket report ↗ |
| PRP | President | Duke Donald | Cross River | South South | Biographical record ↗ |
| PRP | Vice president | Rabiu Kabiru | Kano | North West | Provisional match ↗ |
| SDP | President | Adebayo Adewole Ebenezer | Ondo | South West | Candidate bio ↗ |
| SDP | Vice president | Bugaje Usman Muhammed | Katsina | North West | Profile ↗ |
| YPP | President | Agada Peter Ada | Zone reported; state not specified | North Central | Zone report ↗ |
| YPP | Vice president | Key Patience Ndidi | Edo | South South | Profile ↗ |
| ZLP | President | Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu | Imo | South East | Published bio ↗ |
| ZLP | Vice president | Hassan Khalid | Bauchi | North East | Reported to Mundx |
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