FULL LIST: Obidients, ADA, CAP, 107 Others Seek INEC Registration Ahead of 2027 Elections

In the build-up to the 2027 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 110 associations have submitted formal requests to be registered as political parties in Nigeria.

This was announced on Wednesday by INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who revealed that the Commission received letters of intent from 110 groups as of Monday, June 23, 2025.

Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting, Yakubu stated that the Commission is processing the applications in accordance with the Electoral Act and its established Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022.

“We have acknowledged all requests received so far except six of them received recently, which will be done before the end of the week,” Yakubu said.

He emphasized that individuals and organizations interested in forming new political parties can access the handbook of regulations and guidelines directly from the INEC website.

In the spirit of transparency and public awareness, INEC has published the full list of all 110 associations, including their proposed party names, acronyms, registered addresses, and the names of their Chairmen and Secretaries. The full list is now available on the Commission’s website and official social media platforms.

Among the most notable entries are:

• Obidient Peoples Party (OPP) – widely seen as an offshoot of the popular Obidient Movement.
• Progressive Obedients Party (POP) – another faction tied to supporters of former presidential candidate Peter Obi.
• Advanced Democratic Alliance (ADA) – a coalition reportedly backed by several key opposition figures.

The wave of new party formation signals a significant political reconfiguration as Nigeria heads toward the 2027 general elections, with citizen movements and alternative voices seeking formal political representation.

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REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROF. MAHMOOD YAKUBU, AT THE SECOND REGULAR CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS HELD AT THE INEC CONFERENCE ROOM, ABUJA, ON WEDNESDAY 25TH JUNE 2025

Leaders of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
National Commissioners
The Secretary to the Commission
Other Senior Officials of the Commission
Members of the INEC Press Corps
Ladies and Gentlemen

1.I welcome you all to our second regular quarterly consultative meeting for the year 2025. You may recall that our first quarterly meeting was held on Tuesday 4th February 2025. Let me therefore express the Commission’s appreciation to you for always responding to our invitation to these important consultative meetings.

http://2.Today’s meeting is holding in the middle of two electoral activities. First is the conduct of primaries for the Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which, by our Timetable and Schedule of Activities, ends on Monday 30th June 2025. As you are aware, the election will be held in 68 constituencies made up of Chairmen and their Deputies for the six Area Councils, namely Abaji, the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali as well as 62 Wards drawn on the basis of 10 Wards for each Area Council, except AMAC which has 12 Wards on account of its population. The full delimitation details for the FCT are available on website.

3.The second electoral activity is the forthcoming Anambra State Governorship election. Again, as you are already aware, campaign in public by political parties commenced exactly two weeks ago on 11th June 2025 and will continue until midnight of Thursday 6th November 2025 i.e. 24 hours prior to Election Day.

4.The Commission will continue to update you on these and other electoral activities. I urge you to monitor these activities. At the same time, I wish to appeal to you to promptly upload your applications for accreditation of observers for the Anambra State Governorship election holding on Saturday 8th November 2025 as soon as the portal opens so that we can process and deliver your accreditation tags well ahead of the election.

http://5.As I informed media organisations at our consultative meeting earlier today, the status of the letters of intent received from associations seeking registration as new political parties is clearly one of the trending issues in our country today. There are partisan insinuations in some quarters that the Commission is equivocating on the matter in a manner that compromises our independence. Nothing can be further from the truth. Nigerians may recall that the same unfounded accusation was made in 2013 when under similar circumstances, that INEC was not keen on the merger of political parties because the Commission had allegedly “merged with the ruling party” at the time.

6.For the record, the present Commission registered the largest number of political parties in Nigeria strictly following the provision of the electoral legal framework. For the 2019 General Election, there were 91 political parties and 73 presidential candidates. The Commission was criticised in some quarters for registering too many political parties. After the election, the Commission also deregistered over 70 political parties as provided by law. We wish to reassure Nigerians that under the current situation, we will continue to operate strictly under the law and in fairness to all associations seeking registration as political parties. We will treat all requests fairly. Nigerians will be fully briefed of the actions taken by the Commission every step of the way.

7.As at Monday, 23rd June 2025, the Commission has received letters of intent from 110 associations that wish to register as political parties. We are dilligently processing the requests in line with the procedure outlined in the law as well as our Regulations and Guidelines. We have acknowledged all requests received so far except six of them received recently which will be done before the end of the week. For emphasis, I wish to inform Nigerians, particularly those interested in registering new political parties, that the handbook containing the Regulations and Guidelinesfor Political Parties 2022is already available on the Commission’s website.

8.Meanwhile, the Commission is today releasing the full list of the 110 associations seeking registration as political parties indicating their proposed names, acronyms, addresses and the names of their protem Chairmen and Secretaries. For transparency and public information, the list will be uploaded to our website and social media platforms shortly while hard copies are included in your folders for this meeting.

9.I cannot conclude my Remarks without briefing you on the conduct of outstanding bye-elections and the resumption of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). I am glad to announce that the Commission is now in a position to conduct the bye-elections and to resume the nationwide CVR. The Commission met yesterday and we are finalising the details of the two activities which will be made public in the next 24 hours. As usual we look forward to your support.

10.On this note, I welcome you once again to this meeting. I thank you and God bless.