Politics

APC Holds Primaries To Choose 2027 Presidential Candidate

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will today, Saturday, 23rd May, 2026, participate in the party’s primary elections to choose their presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections.

Naijaonpoint understands that about 14 million registered APC members will participate in the exercise set to hold across 8,809 wards nationwide.

Recently, the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, disclosed that the party’s membership base had grown close to 14 million.

“We have over 13 million, we are heading to 14 million registered members of the party, out of the number, people between the age of 18 and 35 form roughly about 50% of our members, 49. 6% which means that we are the most youthful party in Nigeria,” Yilwatda said during the media chat.

The ruling party has President Bola Tinubu and Osifo Stanley as the only aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket for the 2027 presidential election.