Tinubu Wins APC Presidential Nomination with Nearly 11 Million Votes

TL;DR: Bola Tinubu secured the APC presidential nomination after garnering 10,999,162 votes in the party's primaries, while his sole rival Stanley Osifo received 16,503 votes. The result was announced by Pius Anyim, chairman of the APC presidential primaries election committee.

Context The APC conducted its 2026 presidential primary across all 774 local government areas, covering 8,809 wards nationwide. Party records show 12,643,306 registered members, with 11,069,756 accredited to vote. Of those accredited, 11,015,665 ballots were cast, yielding a turnout of roughly 99.5% of the accredited electorate. State governors served as collation officers in many localities, overseeing the tally and transmission of results to the national centre.

Key Facts Bola Tinubu received 10,999,162 votes, representing about 99.8% of the valid votes cast. His sole opponent, Stanley Osifo, secured 16,503 votes, a fraction of one percent. State-level collation officers reported Tinubu’s strongest tallies in Gombe (450,516 votes), Delta (407,646 votes) and Zamfara (321,579 votes). In several states, including Ebonyi, Kwara and Rivers, Osifo recorded zero votes; in Edo he obtained a single vote. In Abia, Tinubu polled 161,005 votes against Osifo’s 1,002, while in Bayelsa the president garnered 277,192 votes and Osifo managed only five.

What It Means The decisive margin confirms Tinubu as the APC’s uncontested candidate for the 2027 general election. Such a result underscores the party’s internal unity and limits the space for dissenting voices ahead of the national campaign. Campaign analysts expect the outcome to streamline fundraising and allow the APC to focus early on coalition building and voter outreach.

What to watch next: opposition reactions, Tinubu’s choice of a running mate, and the APC’s plan to convert primary dominance into nationwide electoral success.