Tinubu meets with Anyim Pius in Lagos

President Bola Tinubu met former Senate President and All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman of the Presidential Primary Elections Committee, Anyim Pius Anyim, at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos on Tuesday.

The visit came less than 48 hours after Anyim oversaw the APC presidential primary that selected Tinubu as the party’s flag bearer for the 2027 general election.

Anyim’s courtesy call was part of a series of post‑primary meetings held by the president at his Lagos home. Photographs released by the State House showed Tinubu also meeting several governors, including Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu.

On Sunday, at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja, Anyim officially announced the results of the nationwide direct primary and declared Tinubu the winner.

As Returning Officer and Chairman of the APC Presidential Primary Elections Committee, he reported that 12,643,306 voters were registered for the exercise, 11,069,756 were accredited, and 11,015,665 votes were cast.

“It is therefore my duty as Returning Officer for this primary election to declare President Bola Tinubu, having satisfied the guidelines, the winner of the APC presidential primary election and hereby declared the presidential candidate of the APC,” Anyim said during the announcement.

Tinubu secured 10,999,162 votes, defeating his sole challenger, Stanley Osifo, a businessman from Edo State who purchased the APC presidential nomination form for N100 million and received 16,503 votes.

The primary election was held across all 774 local government areas and 8,809 wards nationwide on Saturday, May 23, 2026, marking the first fully structured ward‑based direct presidential primary in the party’s history.

The exercise concluded a week‑long APC primary timetable that included House of Representatives primaries on May 16, Senate primaries on May 18, State Assembly primaries on May 20, governorship primaries on May 21, and the presidential primary on May 23.