By Ola Kay
The Department of State Services, DSS, has prepared to ensure increased security for the presidential candidates of the opposition political parties and their including Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and 16 other presidential candidates and their running mates who are gearing up for political campaigns ahead of the January 2027 election.
By the same token, presidential running mates, including former governors Rotimi Amaechi of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) with Atiku, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso who pairing with Obi on the platform of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.
Similarly, governorship candidates and their running mates are to enjoy same security arrangement, according to available information from our political desk.
Accidentally, this is coming on a day the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published the list of all the governorship and state assembly candidates for the 2027 election.
According to report, the secret service plans was consequent on a directive from President Bola Tinubu that high level tight protection be given to all the 18 candidates contesting against the President , to ensure a level playing ground. This is said to be in conformity with a presidential order for a non-partisan protective measures for all presidential candidates and their deputies regardless of the nature of their opposition.
Additionally, we gathered that states “likely to be flashpoints have been identified and placed under surveillance for National Assembly and State House of Assembly Elections.”
Recall that on Saturday, yhe Independent National Electoral Commission, NEC, yesterday published the list of all the candidates contesting the 2027 governatorial and state assembly elections across the country, personal details of the candidates to allow for public scrutinization.
But the Labour Party, due to a court case on leadership crisis is absent from the list following a court case on the leadership crisis in the state chapter of the party.
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