The All Progressives Congress(APC) has released the official guidelines and committees for its 2026 presidential primary election, confirming that the exercise will be conducted through a direct primary system that allows all registered party members nationwide to vote.
According to documents issued by the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, the presidential primary is scheduled to take place on May 24, 2026, across all 8,809 wards in the country.
The party stated that every registered APC member would have the opportunity to vote for their preferred presidential aspirant during the exercise.
It further explained that results from each ward would first be collated at the local government level before being forwarded to the national collation centre in Abuja.
The APC also announced that designated coordinators and collation officers would oversee the conduct of the primaries in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
In addition, the party confirmed that the guidelines earlier submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commissionon May 15, 2026, regarding the “Procedure for the Conduct of Direct and Consensus Mode of Primaries” would also guide the presidential primary process.
Former Senate President Pius Anyim was appointed chairman of the Presidential Primary Election Committee.
Other members of the committee include former Senate President Ken Nnamani, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, former deputy governor Grace Titi Laoye-Ponle, Yakubu Dogara and Idris Wada, while Senator Sanusi Musa will serve as secretary.
The party also constituted a Presidential Primary Election Appeal Committee chaired by former Senate Leader Ali Ndume.
Samuel Pwajok was named secretary of the committee, while Patricia Etteh was listed as a member.
The APC equally appointed several serving and former governors as coordinators and collation officers for various states ahead of the presidential primary.
Among those appointed is Siminalayi Fubara, who was recently reported to have withdrawn from the party’s governorship primary election in Rivers State.
Other governors named include Hope Uzodimma, Umo Eno, Douye Diri, Hyacinth Alia, Babagana Zulum, Sheriff Oborevwori, Francis Nwifuru, Monday Okpebholo, Peter Mbah, Umar Namadi and Uba Sani.
Also appointed were Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mohammed Umar Bago, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Caleb Mutfwang, Agbu Kefas, Dauda Lawal and former Osun State governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
“The organisation of conduct of the direct primary in each of the 36 states and the FCT shall be the responsibility of the State Coordinator and Collation Officer, who shall also collate the results of all the local governments in the state and present the same to the Presidential Primary Election Committee in Abuja, FCT on 24 May, 2026.
“The provisions of the ‘Procedure for the Conduct of Direct and Consensus Mode of Primaries’ earlier issued and forwarded to the Independent National Electoral Committee under the cover of a letter dated 15 May 2026 with reference No: APC/NHDQ/INEC/PRYS-DOCS/01-05/26 shall also apply mutatis mutandis,” the document signed by APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, partly read.
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