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Candidates

Meet Our Candidates

Explore the candidates representing ADC across Cross River State for the 2027 General Elections.

Presidential

Presidential Candidate

Atiku Abubakar

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Atiku Abubakar was born on 25 November 1946 in Jada, in present-day Adamawa State. He began his career in the Nigeria Customs Service in 1969, rising to the position of Deputy Director before retiring in 1989 to focus on business, including real estate and co-founding the oil services company Intels Nigeria Limited. He later founded the American University of Nigeria in Yola.

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Presidential

Vice-Presidential Candidate

Rotimi Amaechi

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Rotimi Amaechi was born on 27 May 1965 in Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. He holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Port Harcourt and a law degree from the Nigerian Law School, and studied at King's College London.

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Governorship

Governorship Candidate

Amb. Nkoyo Toyo

Cross River State

Nkoyo Toyo was born on 5 November 1958. She holds a law degree from Ahmadu Bello University (1975), was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1980, and went on to earn a Master of Laws from the University of Lagos, a master's degree in Governance from the University of Sussex, and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School as an Edward S. Mason Fellow.

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Senatorial

SENATORIAL CANDIDATE

CASMIR UGBONG

CROSS RIVER NORTHERN SENATORIAL DISTRICT

UGBONG CASMIR AGIANBEGWU is from Bebuagbong village in Ipong Ward and was born on the 30th of November, 1965. to the family of Ugbong Ugbe Alo and Ingite Ugbong (nee Uke of Ohong village).

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