Akufo-Addo appointed head of ECOWAS observer mission for Nigeria’s 2027 elections
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will lead a 200-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Nigeria ahead of the country’s January 16, 2027, general elections. The delegation will bring together representatives from foreign affairs ministries, electoral management bodies, ECOWAS ambassadors in Abuja, the Council of the Wise, the ECOWAS Court of Justice and the ECOWAS Parliament.
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will lead a 200-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Nigeria ahead of the country’s January 16, 2027, general elections.
The appointment by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) places the former Ghanaian leader at the head of a regional team mandated to monitor the conduct of the polls.
The delegation will bring together representatives from foreign affairs ministries, electoral management bodies, ECOWAS ambassadors in Abuja, the Council of the Wise, the ECOWAS Court of Justice and the ECOWAS Parliament.
Civil society organisations, media practitioners and electoral specialists from across West Africa will also form part of the mission.
A statement issued by the Office of Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, November 12, 2026, said the deployment is being undertaken in line with the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, adopted in 2001.
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