May 28, 2026
By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — Fresh tension has gripped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as winners of the party’s recently concluded primary elections accused the National Working Committee, NWC, of delaying the issuance of Certificates of Return amid fears of moves to alter the list of candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The development has unsettled victorious aspirants across the country, triggered quiet consultations within the party and fuelled growing suspicion that the outcomes of some primaries may still be overturned at the APC national secretariat despite winners already being declared by primary election committees.
The anxiety deepened after a memo to the APC leadership, signed by party chieftain Abdulazeez Mamman on behalf of other aspirants, warned against nullifying consensus and direct primary elections over what it described as the “premature announcement” of results before transmission to the NWC.
