The All Progressives Congress (APC) is gearing up for the 2027 general elections as the ruling party on Saturday held its presidential primary polls across the country.
According to the party, the elections were conducted simultaneously across 8,809 wards nationwide.
While two persons (Stanley Osifo and President Bola Tinubu) contested in the exercise, it was Tinubu who unexpectedly won a landslide, pushing him a step closer to his goal of returning as Nigeria’s president by next year.
The president and his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, cast their votes at his ward in Ikoyi, Lagos State, joining millions of party members to exercise their civil rights.
Democracy Not Sustained By Noise
After the election, Tinubu said democracy is sustained by citizens and not noise or borrowed platforms.
“Today, I participated in the APC Presidential Direct Primary at my ward in Ikoyi, Lagos, alongside my dear wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON,” he said in a post on his X handle.
“Democracy is not sustained by noise, speculation, or borrowed platforms. It is sustained by citizens who show up, party members who believe, institutions that endure, the grassroots, and a political family rooted in the people.”
The APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, also voted in his hometown of Dungung, Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State.
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