INEC clears Chinda for Rivers guber poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared Kingsley Chinda for the 2027 governorship election in Rivers State.

Chinda was number 5 in the 19-man list released by the electoral commission, on Saturday.

The former minority leader of the House of Representatives was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

His emergence as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming governorship election had generated interest as news of his defection to the APC did not make headlines.

Attention shifted to Chinda and some other notable political figures after the Supreme Court restored Sections 77(5), (6), (7) and 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026, barring parties from fielding candidates whose names were not in the membership register submitted to INEC within the stipulated time.

But the ally of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, made the final governorship list.

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