The Young Progressives Party has replaced its presidential candidate for 2027, Anita Zugwei-Chukwu, after her voluntary withdrawal from the race, citing security concerns across the country.
Zugwei-Chukwu, the party’s National Women Leader, emerged unanimously as the YPP presidential candidate at the party’s 3rd Elective National Convention and Presidential Primary held on May 30, 2026.
Peter Agada, a former Labour Party presidential aspirant who defected to YPP in June, emerged as her replacement at a substitution primary held Friday, August 21st, in Abuja. Patience Ndidi-Key, a US-based entrepreneur, was named his running mate.
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