Three political parties failed to upload the names of their presidential and vice-presidential candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that as of 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, nineteen political parties have submitted their presidential candidates.
An INEC official, who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed the affected parties as the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by Nyesom Wike, and the Labour Party (LP) faction led by Nenadi Usman.
“As of now, only about three political parties are yet to upload the names of their presidential and running mate candidates. They are APGA, the PDP (Wike faction) and the LP (Nenadi faction). Virtually every other party has filed its candidates,” Daily Trust quoted the official.
INEC had extended the deadline from July 11 to July 14 following appeals by political parties, maintaining that no further extension would be granted.
The commission is expected to
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