Nigeria, Dec. 30 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday released the list of candidates of the political parties and their running mates for the 20 June, 2026 governorship election in Ekiti State.

However, the name of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Wole Oluyede, was missing on the list.

Mr Oluyede had emerged as the PDP candidate in the primary election conducted by the former National Working Committee (NWC) led by Umar Damagum on 9 November.

A check at the INEC state headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Monday showed that the names and particulars of the PDP candidates were missing among the 12 candidates displayed by the commission.

According to sources in INEC, who did not wan...