FULL LIST: INEC publishes names of 33 candidates for Kaduna Senate polls
September 13, 2026 3:22 pm
INEC ballot box. Photo: INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has listed 33 candidates to contest the three senatorial seats in Kaduna State in the January 2027 National Assembly elections.
The list includes former Kaduna State Governor Mukhtar Yero, former Senator Shehu Sani, incumbent Senator Lawal Usman and serving Senator Sunday Katung.
The final list, signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony and sighted on Sunday, showed that 12 candidates would contest the Kaduna North Senatorial District, 13 for Kaduna Central and eight for Kaduna South.
The candidates are drawn from various political parties.
In Kaduna North, Yero of the All Progressives Congress is listed to 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 listed for Kaduna Central are Badamasi Hafsat of the Action Democratic Party, Usman Lawal of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Jatau Suleiman of the Allied Peoples Movement, and Ibrahim Sani of the National Democratic Party.
Others are Bala Joji of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Adamu Haruna of the National Democratic Congress, Ibrahim Usman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Suleiman Babangida of the Peoples Redemption Party and Salisu Suleiman of the Social Democratic Party.
In Kaduna South, incumbent Senator Katung of the APC is seeking re-election against candidates including Godfrey Gaiya of the ADC, Abel Solomon of the ADP and Sa’ad Abubakar of the APM.
Others are Dauda Philibus of the NNPP, Gumbari Mataimaki of the PDP, Laura Lucas of the SDP and Adeyemi Adebowale Abdulzeez of the Zenith Labour Party.
The final list contains the names of candidates, their political parties, ages, genders and listed qualifications.
The publication of the list formally identifies the candidates cleared by INEC to contest the Kaduna North, Kaduna Central and Kaduna South senatorial elections scheduled for January 2027.
Full list below
Kaduna North
- Idris Yahaya — ADP
- Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha — ADC
- Yero Mukhtar Ramalan — APC
- Adamu Rabiu — APGA
- Ibrahim Kabiru — APM
- Aliyu Abdu Gubuchil — LP
- Sha’aban Mohammad Turad — NDC
- Ahmed Abdullahi Zubairu — PDP
- Ahmad Abdullahi Wakili — PRP
- Adamu Rabiu — SDP
- Jennifer Agbaje — YPP
- Zuntu Suleiman Mohammed — YP
Kaduna Central
- Badamasi Hafsat — ADP
- Lawal Adamu Usman — ADC
- Sani Shehu — APC
- Usman Lawal — APGA
- Jatau Aliyu Suleiman — APM
- Danbaki Yusuf Solomon — LP
- Ibrahim Mohammed Sani — NDP
- Bala Daniel Joji — NNPP
- Adamu Haruna — NDC
- Ibrahim Usman — PDP
- Suleiman Munir Babangida — PRP
- Salisu Suleiman — SDP
- Sani Yaya — YPP
Kaduna South
- Abel Yashim Solomon — ADP
- Godfrey Ali Gaiya — ADC
- Marshall Sunday Katung — APC
- Sa’ad Abubakar — APM
- Dauda Philibus — NNPP
- Gumbari Joseph Mataimaki — PDP
- Laura Yimi Lucas — SDP
- Adeyemi Adebowale Abdulzeez — ZLP
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