Seyi Makinde

Name as listed

MAKINDE OLUSEYI ABIODUN

Party

APM

Age

58

Gender

Male

Qualifications

BISHOP PHILIPS ACADEMY IBADAN UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, AKOKA

As printed on INEC's final list of candidates. Spelling and order of names are INEC's.

Emerged as the APM presidential candidate at the party's primary in Ibadan on 30 May 2026, receiving the certificate of return from national chairman Yusuf Dantalle; the APM convention in Bauchi on 13 August 2026 formally elected him again and announced Lawal Musa Daura as running mate.

• After the Supreme Court restored the Electoral Act 2026 provisions on party membership registers and nomination methods in late September 2026, The Nation reported that observers had raised questions about Makinde's nomination. No candidate-specific ruling had been reported.

  thenationonlineng.net

As reported up to the date of this record. A court may since have ruled.

1. 1

   "Reset Nigeria" agenda to be completed in four years: a new security architecture, a new path for education, an economy run on data, and a reset of the socio-political environment

2. 2

   Decentralise the security architecture and give states more authority to respond to threats

3. 3

   Reform NNPC into a lean, commercially driven company

4. 4

   No return to the old fuel subsidy; price crude supplied to Nigerian refineries differently from exported crude, with transparency across the petroleum value chain

5. 5

   Build accurate data on farm production, processing, logistics and storage to improve food security

6. 6

   Form a "transitional government of national unity" on taking office

7. 7

   Targeted programmes for women farmers, market women, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups

On INEC's final list of candidates.