Major political parties in the country over the week nominated their presidential candidates for the 2027 general election.
The ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) kicked off the process with the nomination of President Bola Tinubu.
The incumbent president defeated Stanley Osifo in the APC presidential primaries to clinch the party’s ticket for the 2027 polls.
Chairman of the APC Presidential Primary Election Committee, Sen. Pius Anyim, announced that Tinubu polled 10.99 million votes to defeat his only rival, Osifo, who scored 16,503 votes in the primaries held in 8,809 wards across the country.
Anyim, a former President of the Senate, stated that out of the 12, 643, 216 registered members of the party, 11, 069, 756 were accredited and 11,015, 665 voted.
The APC National Working Committee (NWC) led by the National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda presented the party’s presidential flag to Tinubu.
Accepting the nomination, Tinubu said he was humbled by the confidence reposed in him by party members and pledged to serve the country with “even greater determination.”
He also declared that Nigerians would not hand over the country to politicians “without a clear alternative vision.”
“As a government, we have taken giant steps forward. Let’s not give in to complacency by allowing politicians with no clear alternative vision to take our country backwards,” he said.
Tinubu said his administration had laid the foundation for long-term economic growth through reforms in the power, oil and gas, education, and fiscal sectors.
Also, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerged as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Atiku was declared the winner by the ADC Presidential Primary Electoral Committee in Abuja after a two-day collation process.
The results and collation process had been rejected by his rivals, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and economist Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
The returning officer for the exercise, Tunde Ogbeha, announced that the former vice president polled 1,846,370 votes to defeat his closest rivals, Rotimi Amaechi, who secured 504,117 votes, the former vice president polled 1,846,370 votes to defeat his closest rivals, Rotimi Amaechi , who secured 504,117 votes and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, who scored 177,120 votes.
In his acceptance speech, Atiku described his emergence as a humbling honour and praised the ADC for conducting what he called a free, fair and transparent democratic process at a time when democracy was under threat in the country.
Atiku said his administration, if elected, would prioritise security, education, healthcare and economic reforms, while promising decisive action against insecurity, unemployment and poverty across the country.
The ADC National Chairman, Senator David Mark, appealed to Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen to remain committed to the party, following the conclusion of its presidential primaries, insisting that the shortcomings recorded during the exercise were not enough to invalidate the process.
On the other hand, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, affirmed Sen. Sandy Onor, a former member of the National Assembly, as its consensus presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
Chairman of the 2026 PDP Presidential Primary Election Committee, Dr Samuel Ortom, announced the outcome of the party’s primary at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja.
Ortom, a former governor of Benue state, said Senator Onor, the party’s sole aspirant, emerged through a consensus arrangement.
