President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, officially emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election.
Tinubu won in a landslide victory against his only challenger for the ticket, Stanley Osifo.
Tinubu won the APC presidential primary with 10,999,967 votes across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), according to results declared on Sunday at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
President Tinubu’s votes from the APC primary election surpass the 8,794,726 votes with which he won Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election.
Figures from the APC Presidential Primary Collation Centre, as declared by the Chairman of the APC Presidential Primaries Committee, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, show:
- 12,643,306 registered voters
- 11,069,756 accredited voters
- 11,015,665 total votes cast
His sole challenger, Stanley Osifo, polled a paltry 16,503 votes.
Below is a state-by-state breakdown of Tinubu’s votes:
Adamawa 644,149, 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.
The figures were drawn from the presentations of the various state collation officers.
Tinubu’s strongest showing came from Lagos, where he polled 814,988 votes, followed by Adamawa State with 644,149 votes, and Kaduna with 618,914.
By contrast, Osifo’s best result 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.
