Mbah, Nnaji and Ohaa Among 16 Enugu Governorship Candidates

By Atlantic Reports

Governor Peter Mbah, former minister Chief Uchenna Nnaji and former federal permanent secretary Chief Chinyeaka Ohaa are among 16 candidates listed for the 2027 Enugu State governorship election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) displayed the final list at its Enugu headquarters on Sunday, according to the supplied report. The document contains the candidates’ personal credentials.

Mbah is listed as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, while Nnaji will contest on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ohaa is the candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), with Chief Obodoeze Ocho representing the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

The full list of governorship contenders is:

The candidates have begun engaging stakeholders and elder statesmen across the state as they seek support ahead of the election.

Mbah is expected to make his administration’s projects, programmes and social interventions central to his re-election campaign. Government sources described those initiatives as electoral strengths, although that assessment remains the administration’s position.

With 15 challengers seeking to unseat the incumbent, the contest will place competing records and proposals before voters. The supplied account did not detail the candidates’ manifestos or their plans for addressing the state’s development priorities.

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