Tinubu Wins APC Presidential Primary With Nearly 11 Million Votes

President Bola Tinubu has clinched the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket for the 2027 general election after a commanding victory in the party’s nationwide direct presidential primary conducted on Saturday, May 23, 2026.

His declaration as winner came on Sunday, a day after the exercise was carried out across 8,809 wards spanning all 774 local government areas in the country.

Tinubu faced just one challenger in the contest, APC chieftain and Edo State businessman Stanley Osifo.

The results were announced by Pius Anyim, Chairman of the APC Presidential Primaries Election Committee, at the collation centre located at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.

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Anyim confirmed that two aspirants participated in the exercise before reading out the final figures.

“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,” he said.

He further disclosed that out of 12,643,306 registered APC voters nationwide, 11,069,756 were accredited for the primary, and 11,015,665 eventually cast their votes.

“Mr. President, for the purpose of this election, 11,069,756 voters were accredited. Mr. President, after the accreditation, 11,015,665 voters cast their votes, and after we completed the votes, I am delighted to announce, on behalf of the committee, that the aspirants received vote as follows: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, received a total number of 10,999,162 votes. Mr. Stanley Osifo received a total of 16,503 votes,” Anyim stated.

He subsequently returned Tinubu as the party’s flagbearer.

“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.

Tinubu thereafter received the party flag and his certificate of return from APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda.

Responding to his emergence as the party’s 2027 presidential candidate, the President expressed appreciation to APC members for their overwhelming backing.

“Thank you all of you. You changed the landscape, looking at the figure that you returned,” he said.