Akufo-Addo appointed to lead ECOWAS election observers for Nigeria’s 2027 polls

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lead its election observation mission to Nigeria’s general elections scheduled for 16 January 2027.

The Office of the Former President confirmed the appointment in a statement released on Thursday.

Akufo-Addo, who served as the fifth President of Ghana’s Fourth Republic, will head a 200-member team of observers.

According to the statement, the mission is being deployed in line with the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance (2001).

The observer group will draw experts from a wide range of institutions and sectors across the region.

These include officials from ministries of foreign affairs and electoral commissions, ECOWAS ambassadors accredited in Abuja, members of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise, judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, ECOWAS parliamentarians, representatives of national electoral commissions, civil society organisations, media practitioners, and other electoral experts from West Africa.