The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the credentials and other particulars of all the governorship and House of Assembly candidates submitted to the commission by their various political parties for the forthcoming general elections.

A scrutiny of the Form EC-9 containing the credentials and pasted at the commission’s office along Aba Road, Port Harcourt, showed that 19 governorship candidates had been accepted by INEC to contest the Rivers election.

The names of the candidates, their ages, political parties, their educational backgrounds and other credentials were displayed at the commission’s office.

Also published in the forms were the deputy governorship candidates of each party apart from those of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Boot Party (BP) whose forms EC-9 could not be seen where others were displayed.

Lulu-Briggs Dumo Owukori was named the candidate of the NDC while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and his running mate were listed as Gabriel Pidomson and Okumgba David Amapakaye.

Other governorship candidates and their running mates are the PDP, Ejekwu Samuel Soni and Ehuwa Kabaka; Accord, Chibuzor Rani and Davies Ikubogh; APP, Tata Kenneth and Dappa Kelvin; ADP, Lawson Angel and Azunwena Regina; BP, Benjamin Oli, no deputy; DLA, Warighani Zebulum and Joseph Udo; NRM, Minaibim Harry and Iwedi Ogonda Ada; SDP, Azimiku Gidiom and Ogochukwu Hekerem; PRP, Kiegha Nature Dumale and Membere Deborah.

Others are ZLP, Harry Victor Godwin and Agumba Nnamdi; APGA, Obu Omangima and John-Woke Geraldine; AAC, West Ivy and Eletuo Ijendu; AA, Eke Benjamin Israel and Awortu Charles; NNPP, Abiye Georgewell and Gbimadee Raymond; YPP, Johnbull Obrasu and Taagaloobari Celestine; APM, Whyte Churchill and Bardom Zaavalo.

INEC also displayed the forms EC-9 of the House of Assembly candidates for the 2027 general elections with few parties fielding candidates for all 32 state constituencies in Rivers.

While the PDP, the NDC and ADC produced candidates for all the constituencies, other parties such as AA had 29; APP, 29; NRM, 15; ZLP, 20; BP, 3; AAC, 1; LP, 13; YPP, 26; PRP, 13; DLA, 20; SDP, 31; ADP, 14 among others. (The Nation)