INEC Lists Chinda as Rivers APC Candidate for 2027

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has listed Kingsley Ogundu Chinda as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the 2027 Rivers State governorship election, while reports of other candidates missing from the final list have prompted parties to seek explanations and corrections. INEC released its final list of governorship candidates on Saturday, October 10. Chinda, a serving member of the House of Representatives, was included among the candidates for Rivers State. The Rivers APC has said his nomination met the relevant requirements. Questions about his eligibility, including issues related to party membership and participation in the APC primary, are reported to remain before the courts; no ruling was provided in the reports. Separately, several parties and candidates have raised concerns about names absent from the list. Reports say affected parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party, Nigeria Democratic Congress and African Democratic Congress, have engaged INEC over omissions.