The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe State has resolved to adopt consensus as its mode of selecting candidates for the 2027 general elections.

 

 

This was part of the resolutions reached after the party held its stakeholders’ meeting in Damaturu on Thursday.

 

President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, who read the resolution at a media briefing, said that out of the two modes specified in the Electoral Act—consensus and direct—the APC had opted for consensus.

 

 

“From our previous experience, consensus has always worked for us in the state. Any candidate that emerges in a position will receive the support of all in APC,” Senator Lawan said.

 

Meanwhile, the APC Yobe State chapter has endorsed President Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election.

 

 

Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan said stakeholders are mindful of various interventions and reforms introduced by the federal government that have begun to yield positive results.

 

“We hope to deliver 3.5 million votes to our presidential candidate, President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential election, and all our candidates — governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly candidates — would receive higher votes than they did in the 2023 general elections,” Lawan said.