Akufo-Addo to lead ECOWAS observer mission for Nigeria’s 2027 elections

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been appointed to lead a 200-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Nigeria ahead of the country’s general elections scheduled for January 16, 2027.

The appointment by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will see the former Ghanaian leader head a regional delegation tasked with observing the electoral process and assessing the conduct of the polls.

The mission will comprise representatives from foreign affairs ministries, electoral management bodies, ECOWAS ambassadors based in Abuja, the Council of the Wise, the ECOWAS Court of Justice and the ECOWAS Parliament.

Civil society organisations, media professionals and electoral experts from across West Africa will also be represented on the team.

A statement released by the Office of Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, November 12, 2026, said the deployment forms part of ECOWAS’ efforts to promote democratic governance and credible elections in the region.

It added that the mission is being organised in accordance with the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, adopted in 2001.

Read the full statement below:

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