PDP Candidate Missing as INEC Releases Provisional List for Ekiti 2026 Governorship Election

PDP Candidate Missing as INEC Releases Provisional List for Ekiti 2026 Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (Independent National Electoral Commission) has published the provisional list of governorship candidates and their running mates for the June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship election, but the People’s Democratic Party (People's Democratic Party) is conspicuously absent.

The provisional list, displayed at INEC’s Ekiti State headquarters along New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, features candidates from 12 political parties.

 However, the name of Dr. Wole Oluyede (Wole Oluyede), who emerged as the PDP’s flagbearer from the party’s November 9, 2025, primary, does not appear.