Tinubu Sweeps APC Presidential Primary

… Clinches Ticket With 10.99 Million Votes
… Gov Eno, Akpabio Led The Way In A’Ibom
By Ossom Asaka
UYO
  The series of primaries for the various political offices in the coming 2027 elections by the All Progressives Congress (APC) came to an end Saturday when President Tinubu swept the party’s presidential primary in Akwa Ibom.
  The presidential primary which was held across the 329 political wards in the state, saw President Tinubu emerged winner after polling a total of 389,197 votes across the 31 local government areas of the State.
APC faithful who were led to the presidential primary by the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno, turned up en-masse in all the 329 wards in the state to queue behind President Tinubu for a second term.
  The state governor, Pastor Umo Eno who served as the state collation officer for the presidential primary election while announcing the results, congratulated President Tinubu for the overwhelming victory in the state and appreciated party stakeholders and the people of the state for the peaceful conduct of all the APC primaries in the state.
  Eno who was earlier returned as the APC consensus candidate for the coming governorship election, called on every member of the party to begin to galvanize other citizen ahead of the coming 2027 polls and expressed optimism that the APC will witness resounding victory in Akwa Ibom.
  “This massive turn-out of supporters today is a reflection of the continued support for President Tinubu by the Akwa Ibom people and there is no doubt that we have absolute confidence in Mr President,” Eno stated.
  The state chief executive officer maintained that the high level of participation recorded by the APC during the week-long exercise was a direct response to the rural development drive of his administration in ensuring local communities are being provided with basic infrastructural amenities such as schools, hospitals, roads and markets.
  In his remark, the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, appreciated Governor Eno for being an architect of peace and described the peaceful atmosphere which characterised the APC primaries in the state as unprecedented.
  Akpabio who said Akwa Ibom has never had it so good as experienced under Governor Eno, recalled how primaries were conducted in the past years amidst gun shots, bloodshed intimidation and maiming.
  He disclosed that the massive support for Governor Eno for a second term was purely on performance coupled with the need to maintain the existing peace across the state.
  The state chairman of the APC, Obong Stephen Ntukekpo congratulated Governor Eno and Senator Akpabio for their successful emergence as candidates of the party in their respective offices and assured them of continued support by the APC.
  The secretary to the state government, Prince Enobong Uwah in his remark, lauded Governor Eno for the peaceful conduct of the series of primaries and thanked the people for their continued support for the Eno led administration.
  Uwah who was the chairman of the local organising committee of the APC primaries, attributed the feat recorded throughout the primaries to the collaboration between the state governor and the Senate president even as he described such collaboration as very beneficial to the APC and the generality of Akwa Ibom people. 
       Meanwhile, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential shadow election, securing a total of 10,999,162 votes.
  His closest contender, Osifo, polled 60,563 votes in the exercise.
  Tinubu was declared the winner of the primaries yesterday after the exercise was conducted across the country’s 8,809 wards in all 774 local government areas.
  The results were announced following the collation of votes from the nationwide shadow election held in the Federal Capital Territory.
  Declaring the outcome, former Senate President Pius Anyim, who chaired the seven-member Presidential Primary Election Committee, confirmed Tinubu as the winner.
The shadow poll formed part of the party’s internal process ahead of its presidential primaries.