The All Progressives Congress (APC) has established key election management structures for its 2026 presidential primary, scheduled to be held nationwide on May 23.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that the party appointed a former Senate President, Pius Anyim, as chairman of its Presidential Primary Election Committee.
It also named a former Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, as chairman of the Presidential Primary Election Appeal Committee.
According to the guidelines signed by the APC National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, and made available to journalists on Thursday, voting will take place in all 8,809 wards across the country.
The party said members would cast their votes directly for aspirants of their choice.
Tinubu, Osifo In Race
The APC said the primary would be conducted through the direct mode across all wards in the federation.
The party has two presidential aspirants for the exercise — President Bola Tinubu and Stanley Osifo.
According to the guidelines, results from the wards will be collated at the local government level before being forwarded for state and national collation.
The party said results from the 774 local government areas would be compiled by designated Local Government Collation Officers appointed by State Coordinators and Collation Officers constituted by the National Working Committee.
The APC said State Coordinators and Collation Officers would supervise the exercise in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The officials are expected to collate local government results and forward them to the Presidential Primary Election Committee in Abuja for final collation.
The party also said existing provisions governing the “Procedure for the Conduct of Direct and Consensus Mode of Primaries,” earlier transmitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, would remain applicable.
Anyim Heads Primary Committee
Members of the Presidential Primary Election Committee include Ken Nnamani, Victor Udo Udoma, Otunba Grace Titi Laoye-Ponle, Jolly Nyame and Idris Wada.
Sanusi Musa will serve as secretary of the committee.
The Presidential Primary Election Appeal Committee is chaired by Masari, with Samuel Piwuna as secretary and Patricia Olubunmi Etteh as a member.
The party also released a list of State Coordinators and Collation Officers for the exercise.
Those listed include Governors Hope Uzodinma of Imo, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa, Umo Bassey Eno of Akwa Ibom, Douye Diri of Bayelsa, Hyacinth Alia of Benue, Babagana Zulum of Borno, Bassey Otu of Cross River, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, Monday Okpebholo of Edo, Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, Peter Mbah of Enugu, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, Umar Namadi of Jigawa, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Abba Yusuf of Kano, Dikko Umar Radda of Katsina and Nasir Idris of Kebbi.
Others are Governors Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto, Agbu Kefas of Taraba, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara.
Also listed are Teslim Folarin for Oyo, Adegboyega Oyetola for Osun, Yakubu Dogara for Bauchi, Benjamin Kalu for Abia, Uche Ekwunife for Anambra and Philip Aduda for the FCT.