Two women are among the 17 candidates listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 Lagos State governorship election, making them the only female contenders in a race dominated by men.
The women are Adeyemi Abiola Roseline of the Action Peoples Party (APP) and Helen Peter Ojotule of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), who, at 36, is the youngest candidate on the list.
For Adeyemi, this isn’t her first time contesting the governorship seat.
In 2019, she campaigned for the seat under the Democratic Peoples’ Congress (DPC) before running as the APP’s candidate in the 2023 election.
Adeyemi previously served as chairperson of the DPC and the Action Alliance (AA) in Lagos State before joining the APP, where she serves as the party’s state chairperson. She is also the secretary of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Lagos State.
In a February 2023 interview with The Guardian Nigeria, Abiola said her …
