The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the 2027 general elections, with several prominent politicians, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, Senator Ned Nwoko and former Gombe State Governor Danjuma Goje, missing from the register.

Jonathan, whom the Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed to have nominated as its presidential candidate, was not included in the list published by the electoral commission on Saturday.

Also absent are the senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko; former Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel (Ogun East); former Gombe State Governor Danjuma Goje (Gombe Central); and Senator Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South).

The development comes two months after Senate President Godswill Akpabio assured lawmakers who lost their return tickets during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries that the party would address grievances arising from the exercise.

Although the APC later reinstated six serving senators after reviewing petitions submitted to its Primary Election Appeal Committee, several influential politicians who had hoped to benefit from the review were excluded from the final list forwarded to INEC.

In Delta State, Nwoko’s name was absent from the list displayed at the INEC office in Asaba, with former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa emerging as the APC senatorial candidate for Delta North, confirming Nwoko’s defeat in the party’s primary.

Similarly, Goje lost the APC ticket for Gombe Central Senatorial District to retired Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ahmed.

On the PDP platform, former Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo secured the party’s ticket for Gombe North Senatorial District, while Senator Anthony Siyako emerged as the PDP candidate for Gombe South.

In Bauchi State, Senator Shehu Buba (Bauchi South) and House of Representatives member Mansur Soro (Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency) were also absent from the final candidates’ list.

Buba, who was elected on the APC platform, will not seek re-election after defecting to the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), where he secured the party’s governorship ticket. Soro had earlier announced that he would not contest either the Bauchi Central Senatorial seat or another term in the House of Representatives.

Last month, the APC National Working Committee overturned the victories of several senatorial candidates and reinstated six serving senators following recommendations by its Primary Election Appeal Committee.

The review affected nine states—Kogi, Benue, Taraba, Ondo, Abia, Niger, Kwara, Kaduna and Ebonyi.

The reinstated lawmakers are Senators Sunday Karimi, Emmanuel Udende, Titus Zam, Shuaibu Isa Lau, Adeniyi Adegbonmire and Olajide Ipinsagba.

The APC also replaced Edinburgh Uchenna Erondu with Prince Paul Ikonne as its candidate for Abia South Senatorial District.

One of the most notable reversals during the review was the replacement of former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam with incumbent Senator Emmanuel Udende as the APC candidate.