A battle for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will take centre stage on Saturday as incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Stanley Osifo, a trader from Edo State, contest the party’s primary election ahead of the 2027 general election.
This is also as the APC has fixed Sunday, May 24, for the collation and official declaration of results from the presidential primary election.
According to an invitation issued by the party’s National Secretariat, the exercise will hold at the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, from 10:00 a.m.
The party stated that the event would be strictly by invitation, with attendance limited to key stakeholders involved in the presidential primary process and other designated guests.
“Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are invited to the collation and declaration of the Party’s Presidential Primary Election results by the Presidential Primary Election Committee,” the notice read.
The invitation, signed by the APC National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, listed expected attendees to include members of the National Working Committee (NWC), National Caucus, National Executive Committee (NEC), serving APC lawmakers, members of the Federal Executive Council, diplomatic representatives, election observers, and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The party also extended invitations to selected representatives of women groups, youth organisations, persons with disabilities, media professionals, and social media influencers as part of what it described as broad stakeholder engagement for the exercise.
Accreditation for invited guests is scheduled to commence from 7:00 a.m. at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Garki, Abuja, from where attendees will be transported to the venue.
State coordinators and collation officers have been directed to arrive in Abuja by Saturday evening ahead of the commencement of the collation and declaration process.
The APC is expected to conduct its presidential primary election on Saturday, May 23, before the official collation and announcement of results the following day.
The party has adopted the direct primary system for the exercise, allowing all registered APC members nationwide to participate in choosing the party’s flagbearer for the 2027 presidential election.