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— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) March 9, 2026

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on Thursday, declared that it would not be fielding a presidential candidate in the 2027 election, disclosing its intention to adopt President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

National Chairman of the party, Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa disclosed this during a press briefing in Lagos where he addressed questions regarding the adoption of a candidate from another party.

He also spoke on the recent amendments into the Electoral Act, saying while the provision for direct primary would put an end to what he called the expensive primaries to elect candidates of various political parties.

Ezeokenwa said APGA’s move to endorse of Tinubu is rooted in the faith he has shown in the party.

“We hope that during the national convention of the APC, if he secures the nomination of his party through direct primaries, I can bet you that the national convention of APGA will adopt him as our presidential candidate,” he said.

Asked why APGA would adopt a candidate from another party, Ezeokenwa noted that this is not unprecedented.

He recalled that the party adopted former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate in both the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections, stressing that the practice is entirely legal.

He added, “We decided to return to this policy for a reason. Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda resonates with us. He has shown us good faith. We share similar ideology. If he gets the nomination of his party, we’ll adopt him.”

Ezeokenwa however xx to the INEC at least 21 days before party primaries, congresses, or conventions.

According to the Act, only members whose names appear in the register will be eligible to vote or contest in party primaries.

However the APGA Chairman said, “The constitution says you must belong to a political party but you don’t determine for me who my members should be. It’s none of your business.

“There is a conscious attempt to emasculate smaller parties from fielding credible candidates. But I believe one of the positive sides of the new law is that it will entrench belief in political party ideology. Today people just see political parties as special purpose vehicles. We accept the direct primaries wholeheartedly. We urge INEC to ensure credible elections.”

He stated that the party in line with the new law has commenced its digital membership registration and revalidation exercise which would last for the next one month from March 1st.

Rufai Oseni vs Kenneth Okonkwo

Rufai: The opposition are Jokers.

Kenneth: You’re intellectually fraudulent.

Me: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Ak0JZEKNBR

— High Chief Lawrence Igbins Okoro (@HighChiefOkoro) March 3, 2026

esnbrutality:
Why crying because of his position with ADC? You want him to be on the ballot but he will deputize Ariku and they will remove Tinubu.

Brendaniel:

The problem with you Tinubu supporters is: you people are not detailed, you people did not even bother to go into details of what you people are throwing up and down, mocking others...

All the registrations there are completely invalid, you will have to print your slip and go to your ward to validate it, how a whole party could not read that part and understand shows the kind of people in large number that are in the party...

Everything you people went there to do is completely useless till you go to the ward to validate it...

Shameless people...

politicoNG:
https://thesun.ng/2027-primaries-pdp-adc-lp-await-implosion-in-apc/

Ofunaofu:
Op, I’d advise you to redirect the energy you’re using to monitor what the ADC did or didn’t do toward telling Nigerians what Tinubu has actually done to deserve reelection.

Redirect that same energy toward explaining why Tinubu has woefully failed to provide constant electricity, the very promise he made himself. He even told Nigerians not to vote for him again if he failed to deliver on it.

givedemwotowoto:
Agbadorians were told to flood the ADV website with fictitious registrations and come online to post about it

Propaganda and playing in the mud are their specialties. Zero governance

Professor Iyabo Obasanjo, the daughter of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the prevailing stabilization of the Naira against the dollar is a plus for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and something commendable.

Obasanjo, who described the phenomenon of “stabilisation of the Naira is a big one,” noted that the predictability in the exchange rate is crucial for business growth and economic prosperity.

The former Senator for Ogun Central who recently declared her ambition to contest the 2027 governorship seat of the state, made this known on Saturday while speaking with journalists at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the state capital.

She lauded the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project of President Bola Tinubu for its potential to decongest the Ogun State corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, ease transportation to the Eastern states, links Calabar and Lagos ports together and boost business along the corridor.

“I think there is a lot going on positively. One is the stabilisation of the Naira. “What that does is that people can predict how much money they will spend on imports and how much income they will get. So stabilisation of the Naira is a big one.

“Although there was a lot of negativity around the road to Calabar, that will generate income in terms of ports. They will connect the two ports now to the other one. It will also ease transportation to the East in ways that we can’t even start to reckon with.

” So, I think that the economic stability cannot be underestimated because when people can predict income and exports, they do it, things get better because then you are not buying something at one price because of the dollar instability, and having to sell, buying it at a higher price, and then it changes everything.

“There are also some improvements in security, mainly because now we have a lot of collaboration going on. The international collaboration, the President’s visit to different countries for trade and economic development, is rising. And that is the key to everything we do. I think that does.”