No Official Candidate Yet For 2027, NDC Says Amid Viral Primary Results
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has distanced itself from various results of its recently concluded nationwide primaries circulating on social media, declaring that no official candidate has yet been announced for the 2027 general election.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, the party said all results from primaries conducted across the country on May 28 and 29 remain under the custody of its National Executive Council (NEC), which is the only organ empowered to validate and announce the outcomes.
“The general public is hereby urged to disregard the various results circulating on social media as the outcome of the nationwide primaries conducted by the Nigeria Democratic Congress on the 28th and 29th of May, 2026,” the statement read.
The clarification comes amid growing speculation over the identities of candidates expected to emerge from the party’s presidential, governorship, National Assembly, and State Assembly primaries. According to the statement, the results have been submitted to the NEC, which is solely responsible for announcing the winners after due consideration and ratification.
To facilitate the process, the party’s National Leader and former Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has directed the convening of a NEC meeting in Abuja. The statement disclosed that NEC members have been asked to arrive in the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, June 2, for a pre-NEC session, while the substantive meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 3.
The party said the meeting would consider the outcomes of the primaries and take necessary decisions regarding the emergence of candidates for the 2027 polls. The NDC further assured stakeholders that the official list of candidates would be made public only after the party concludes its internal processes and transmits the names of successful aspirants to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“The general public and stakeholders will be availed of the results of our primaries when we send the list of candidates to fly our party’s flag to INEC,” the statement added.
The NDC is one of Nigeria’s registered political parties. The party’s primaries, held on May 28 and 29, 2026, were part of the electoral calendar leading to the 2027 general elections. INEC has not yet released an official timetable for the 2027 polls, but political parties typically begin candidate selection processes well in advance of election years.
Seriake Dickson, who serves as the party’s National Leader, was Governor of Bayelsa State from 2012 to 2020 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before his association with the NDC.
As of press time, no official candidate list had been released by the party, and NEC had not issued any further statement regarding specific winners of the primaries.