May 21, 2026
By Omeiza Ajayi
Saturday’s presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will hold simultaneously across all 8,809 wards in the country as the party moves to pick its 2027 presidential candidate in what appears to be a coronation of the incumbent.
Under the procedure outlined in a notice signed by the party’s National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, every registered APC member in each of the 8,809 wards will be eligible to cast a vote for the presidential aspirant of their choice — a departure from the delegate-based model that has historically concentrated the power of nomination in the hands of a few party officials and delegates.
The primary is scheduled to hold on May 23, 2026, with results from each ward to be collated at the local government level by officers appointed jointly by the State Coordinator and the National Working Committee NWC.
