APC Sets Up Structures for 2026 Presidential Primary
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the formation of key election management bodies for its 2026 presidential primary, which will be conducted nationwide on May 23 using the direct voting mode.
Leadership of the Appeal Committee
Former Katsina State governor Aminu Masari has been appointed chairman of the Presidential Primary Election Appeal Committee. Samuel Piwuna will serve as the committee’s secretary, with Patricia Olubunmi Etteh named as a member.
Presidential Primary Election Committee
The main Presidential Primary Election Committee comprises Ken Nnamani, Victor Udo Udoma, Otunba Grace Titi Laoye-Ponle, Jolly Nyame and Idris Wada. Sanusi Musa will act as the committee’s secretary.
State Coordinators and Collation Officers
The APC also released a comprehensive list of State Coordinators and Collation Officers who will oversee the exercise in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The list includes:
- Hope Uzodinma (Imo)
- AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara)
- Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (Adamawa)
- Umo Bassey Eno (Akwa Ibom)
- Douye Diri (Bayelsa)
- Hyacinth Alia (Benue)
- Babagana Zulum (Borno)
- Bassey Otu (Cross River)
- Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta)
- Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi)
- Monday Okpebholo (Edo)
- Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti)
- Peter Mbah (Enugu)
- Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe)
- Umar Namadi (Jigawa)
- Uba Sani (Kaduna)
- Abba Yusuf (Kano)
- Dikko Umar Radda (Katsina)
- Nasir Idris (Kebbi)
- Ahmed Usman Ododo (Kogi)
- Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos)
- Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa)
- Mohammed Umar Bago (Niger)
- Dapo Abiodun (Ogun)
- Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo)
- Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau)
- Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers)
- Ahmad Aliyu (Sokoto)
- Agbu Kefas (Taraba)
- Mai Mala Buni (Yobe)
- Dauda Lawal (Zamfara)
- Teslim Folarin (Oyo)
- Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun)
- Yakubu Dogara (Bauchi)
- Benjamin Kalu (Abia)
- Uche Ekwunife (Anambra)
- Philip Aduda (FCT)
Voting and Collation Process
According to the guidelines signed by APC National Secretary Ajibola Basiru, voting will take place in all 8,809 wards across the country. Party members will cast their votes directly for their preferred aspirants.
The primary will feature two presidential aspirants: President Bola Tinubu and Stanley Osifo. Results from the wards will be collated at the local government level before being forwarded for state and national collation.
Designated Local Government Collation Officers, appointed by State Coordinators, will compile results from the 774 local government areas. State Coordinators and Collation Officers will supervise the process in each state and the FCT, forwarding the collated data to the Presidential Primary Election Committee in Abuja for final tally.
The APC confirmed that the existing “Procedure for the Conduct of Direct and Consensus Mode of Primaries,” previously submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, will remain applicable for this exercise.
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