Di All Progressives Congress (APC) don officially release guidelines and committees for di conduct of dia 2026 presidential primaries, and dem don adopt direct primary mode wey go allow all registered party members to participate for di exercise across di whole country.
Di party, for a document wey dem issue from dia National Secretariat for Abuja, tok say di direct primary go hold across all di 8,809 wards for di country on May 24, 2026. According to APC, every registered member of di party go fit vote for di presidential aspirant of dia choice during di exercise.
Di party also disclose say results from each ward go dey collated at di local government level before dem go transmit am to di national collation centre for Abuja. Di document state say di conduct of di primaries for di 36 states and di Federal Capital Territory go dey supervised by designated state coordinators and collation officers wey di party leadership appoint.
Di party add say di earlier guidelines on di “Procedure for di Conduct of Direct and Consensus Mode of Primaries” wey dem forward to di Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on May 15, 2026, go also apply to di presidential exercise.
Former Senate President, Senator Pius Anyim, dem name am chairman of di Presidential Primary Election Committee. Oda members include former Senate President Ken Nnamani, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, former deputy governor Grace Titi Laoye-Ponle, Yakubu Dogara, Idris Wada, while Senator Sanusi Musa go serve as secretary.
Di party also constitute a Presidential Primary Election Appeal Committee wey former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, dey head. Di committee get Samuel Pwajok as secretary and Patricia Etteh as member.
Several serving and former governors dem appoint as coordinators and collation officers for different states. Among dem na Governor Siminalayi Fubara for Rivers, wey recently withdraw from di governorship primary of di party on Wednesday. Odas include Hope Uzodimma for Imo, Umo Eno for Akwa Ibom, Douye Diri for Bayelsa, Hyacinth Alia for Benue, Babagana Zulum for Borno, Sheriff Oborevwori for Delta, Francis Nwifuru for Ebonyi, Monday Okpebholo for Edo, Peter Mbah for Enugu, Umar Namadi for Jigawa, and Uba Sani for Kaduna.
Also included na Babajide Sanwo-Olu for Lagos, Mohammed Umar Bago for Niger, Lucky Aiyedatiwa for Ondo, Caleb Mutfwang for Plateau, Agbu Kefas for Taraba, Dauda Lawal for Zamfara, and former Osun governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
Di organisation of conduct of di direct primary for each of di 36 states and di FCT go be di responsibility of di State Coordinator and Collation Officer, wey go also collate di results of all di local governments for di state and present di same to di Presidential Primary Election Committee for Abuja, FCT on 24 May, 2026.
Di provisions of di ‘Procedure for di Conduct of Direct and Consensus Mode of Primaries’ wey dem earlier issue and forward to INEC under di cover of a letter dated 15 May 2026 with reference No: APC/NHDQ/INEC/PRYS-DOCS/01-05/26 go also apply mutatis mutandis, according to di document wey APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru sign.
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