The national leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), led by Senator Seriake Dickson, on Saturday unveiled a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections.
Obi emerged as the flag bearer at the special convention of the party in Abuja.
Following his adoption as the presidential candidate of the NDC, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party announced a former Kano governor and former Minister of Defence, Musa Kwakwanso, as his running mate.
Obi’s adoption has set up a three-way election rematch.
It came days after President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu secured the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, after a landslide victory in the party’s nationwide direct primary conducted across the country’s 8,809 wards in all 774 local government areas.
Tinubu polled 10,999,162 votes to defeat his only challenger, businessman Stanley Osifo, who scored 16,503 votes.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had on Wednesday been declared the winner of the presidential primary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The ADC said Atiku polled 1,846,370 votes to beat his closest rival, former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 504,117 votes.
