President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has secured the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress for the 2027 general elections after recording a decisive win in the party’s nationwide direct primary election.
The exercise, conducted across 8,809 wards in all 774 local government areas on Saturday, May 23, 2026, was concluded with results formally announced on Sunday, May 24.
At the end of the process, Tinubu was presented with the party’s flag and his certificate of return by the APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, at the collation centre in Abuja.
He contested the primary against APC aspirant and businessman Stanley Osifo from Edo State.
The results were officially announced by the Chairman of the APC Presidential Primary Election Committee, Pius Anyim, at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
Anyim confirmed that two aspirants participated in the race and provided figures from the nationwide exercise.
“I am also to confirm that there were two aspirants to the APC 2026 presidential primary elections, i.e., the incumbent president, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and Mr. Stanley Osifo.
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“Mr. President, the election had been collated, the results have been computed, and I can say on behalf of the committee that the following were the records of the elections.
“Mr. President, across the country, a total number of 12,643,306 registered voters were registered in our party,” he said.
He further disclosed that 11,069,756 voters were accredited, while 11,015,665 cast their ballots. According to him, Tinubu polled 10,999,162 votes, while Osifo scored 16,503 votes.
“Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is therefore my duty as a returning officer for this primary election to declare President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, having satisfied the requirements of APC constitutions and guidelines, and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner of the presidential primary election, and returned as the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2027 general elections,” he added.
Following the announcement, Tinubu formally accepted the party’s flag and certificate of return.
He expressed gratitude to party members for their overwhelming support.
“Thank you all of you. You changed the landscape, looking at the figure that you returned,” the President said.