INEC expands Nasarawa North bye-election candidates’ list

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has updated the final list of candidates for the forthcoming Nasarawa North Senatorial District bye-election, increasing the number of contestants from four to six.

The revised list, released by the electoral umpire ahead of the June 20, 2026 bye-election, now includes candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), who were absent from the earlier publication.

DAILY POST had earlier reported that INEC’s initial final list contained only four candidates representing the All Progressives Congress (APC), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and National New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

However, the updated list sighted by our correspondent shows that Alaku Mohammed Steve Ahmadu of the ADC and Duba Shaya Dodo of the NDC have now been added to the race, bringing the total number of candidates to six.

The candidates cleared by INEC for the election are:

Alaku Mohammed Steve Ahmadu (ADC)

Hallu Danladi Envu-Uza (APC)

Maku Labaran (LP)

Duba Shaya Dodo (NDC)

John Paul Araneshi (NNPP)

Emmanuel David Ombugadu (PDP)

The Nasarawa North Senatorial bye-election is scheduled to hold on June 20, 2026, across the five local government areas that make up the senatorial district.