{
  "id": 14392342,
  "title": "INEC explains exclusion of Pantami, Adebutu from 2027 governorship candidates’ list",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/inec-explains-exclusion-of-pantami-adebutu-from-2027-governorship",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T07:23:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/916946-inec-explains-exclusion-of-pantami-adebutu-from-2027-governorship-candidates-list.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has excluded several governorship candidates from its 2027 list, including Isa Ali Pantami of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State and Ladi Adebutu of the PDP in Ogun State. Daily Trust reports that other excluded individuals include Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kano and Danjuma Laah in Kaduna State. In Bauchi State, INEC excluded governorship candidates from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Action Alliance (AA), and Accord Party (AP).\n\nAccording to Premium Times, INEC stated the decision resulted from political parties failing to comply with membership register requirements under Section 77(5)-(7) of the Electoral Act, 2026, making them ineligible to sponsor candidates. Daily Trust adds that the commission explained the exclusion followed a September 24, 2026, Supreme Court judgement affirming the constitutionality of Section 7.\n\nIn Kebbi State, the PDP is absent from the final list of 14 governorship candidates, which includes the APC’s Nasir Idris and the ADC’s Abubakar Malami, according to Daily Post Nigeria. Punch reports that INEC has provided political parties until October 24 to report any alleged errors regarding the omissions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2027: ‘Don’t set Ogun on fire’ – PDP candidate warns INEC over Adebutu’s exclusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/2027-dont-set-ogun-on-fire-pdp-candidate-warns-inec-over-adebutus",
        "published": "2026-10-13T13:11:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}