Tinubu polls 10.99m votes to clinch APC presidential ticket

By Omeiza Ajayi

President Bola Tinubu has won the All Progressives Congress APC presidential primary election with 10,999,967 votes, comprehensively defeating his sole challenger, Stanley Osifo, who polled 16,504 votes across the 37 states and the Federal Capital Territory FCT.

The results, collated at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja on Sunday, were drawn from direct primary elections conducted simultaneously across all 8,809 wards in the country on Saturday, May 23.

The figures are drawn from the presentations of the various state collation officers. A formal announcement, declaration and presentation of a certificate of return is expected to be made by the Chief Returning Officer before the event is drawn to a close.

Tinubu’s strongest showing came from Adamawa State, where he recorded 644,149 votes, followed closely by Kaduna with 618,914 and Lagos, the commercial capital and his political base, where he polled 814,988 votes — his highest single-state tally. Imo State returned 582,960 votes for the president, while Kano delivered 500,852.

Osifo, by contrast, mustered only token support in states where he recorded any votes at all. His best returns came from Niger State with 5,248 votes, Kano with 2,675, Bauchi with 2,650 and Abia with 1,007. He scored zero in 21 of the 37 reporting units, including the FCT, Osun, Kogi, Delta, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Kwara, Borno, Enugu, Kebbi, Ondo, Yobe, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti, Ogun, Sokoto, Cross River, Taraba, Gombe and Edo, where he polled just one vote.

A state-by-state breakdown of Tinubu’s votes shows the breadth of his dominance: Bayelsa 227,192; Osun 100,888; Oyo 142,754; Anambra 43,034; FCT 36,103; Kano 500,852; Katsina 467,003; Abia 161,005; Kogi 197,370; Delta 407,646; Ebonyi 207,579; Jigawa 206,520; Plateau 241,720; Kwara 310,990; Edo 121,098; Nasarawa 285,436; Niger 175,487; Borno 414,988; Enugu 383,382; Kebbi 292,972; Kaduna 618,914; Bauchi 156,541; Ondo 181,996; Yobe 253,804; Rivers 280,082; Akwa Ibom 389,197; Benue 374,787; Imo 582,960; Ekiti 85,340; Lagos 814,988; Zamfara 321,579; Ogun 322,485; Sokoto 301,000; Cross River 113,911; Taraba 183,698; Gombe 450,517; and Adamawa 644,149.

With the declaration, Tinubu becomes the APC’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections, having secured the ticket through the party’s first-ever direct primary presidential contest — a format that allowed all registered APC members nationwide to cast ballots rather than elected delegates.

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