The All Progressives Congress (APC) has completed its candidate selection for the 2027 general elections and declared that there will be no review of the primary results, despite numerous petitions and protests from aggrieved aspirants.
According to findings by Punch, the party has already processed the results submitted to its national secretariat and is preparing to upload the names of successful candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal.
This move effectively closes the door on fresh appeals and demands for a repeat primary by members who alleged manipulation and imposition during the exercise.
A senior party official and a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) confirmed that the APC has not altered the primary outcomes and is not considering any review.
The anonymous official stated, “We are not reviewing the results of the primaries. The timeline for primaries and appeals has already elapsed. We are waiting for the code to upload the results of the winners of the primaries.”
“Everything has been concluded. We don’t know anything about the review they are talking about,” the official added.
INEC has set June 26 as the date for releasing access codes to its nomination portal, with July 11 as the deadline for submitting candidates’ particulars for the 2027 general elections.
At least 54 serving federal lawmakers, including ranking senators and members of the House of Representatives, failed to secure return tickets during the APC primaries held between May 16 and 18.
Many disappointed aspirants, especially those who lost in Lagos, Delta, Zamfara, Kogi, Rivers, Plateau and Osun states, have lodged petitions, threatened legal action and called for fresh primaries.
When asked about the reports from the party’s primary election appeal panels, the APC chieftain said the appeals did not significantly change the outcome.
“From what I have seen, the appeal reports didn’t make any significant changes to the primary results because a lot of the petitions were found to be frivolous,” he explained.
“Any appeal that was well made would have been considered. Some of the appeals are talking about zoning issues, which are pre‑primary matters.”
“Others raise clearance concerns, claiming somebody did not properly resign from the PDP before joining the APC. Is that a basis to challenge our primaries? Those are examples of frivolous issues people raised in their petitions.”
The party official noted that most constituencies recorded no appeals after the primaries.
“There are 109 senatorial districts and 360 House of Representatives constituencies, with thousands of House of Assembly seats. I can tell you that there is no appeal in the majority of these constituencies.”
“So, where is the primary review report coming from? The results to be announced may not be different from what has already been known.”
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