President Bola Tinubu has emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2027 general election after defeating Stanley Osifo in the party’s presidential primaries.
Tinubu secured 10.99 million votes, while his only challenger, Osifo, garnered 16,504 votes in the APC direct primaries conducted across 8,809 wards nationwide.
The results were announced during the ongoing national collation exercise taking place at the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
Governors from 31 APC-controlled states, alongside senior party officials serving as coordinators and collation officers, presented their state results to the Presidential Primary Election Committee chaired by former Senate President Pius Anyim.
Tinubu recorded overwhelming victories across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, winning 100 per cent of the votes in many states.
Despite the wide margin, Osifo posted notable figures in some states, including Niger, where he scored 5,248 votes; Kano, with 2,675 votes; Lagos, with 1,186 votes; Abia, with 1,007 votes; Oyo, with 929 votes; Benue, with 779 votes; and Nasarawa, where he polled 768 votes.
