{"id":176344,"date":"2025-08-27T22:31:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-is-our-candidate-apc-nwc-affirms-member-freedom"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:37:56","slug":"tinubu-is-our-candidate-apc-nwc-affirms-member-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/tinubu-is-our-candidate-apc-nwc-affirms-member-freedom","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Is Our Candidate APC NWC Affirms Member Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee, NWC, on Wednesday restated that it has endorsed President Bola Tinubu as its sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The APC National Organising Secretary, Suleiman Argungu, disclosed this at a press conference at the party\u2019s National Secretariat in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Argungu, however, noted that other aspiring APC members are free to obtain the party\u2019s presidential nomination forms and contest for the primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be the wish of the party, and we, the NWC of the party, have already endorsed President Tinubu as the next presidential candidate of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has also been replicated in all six geographical zones of the country. But it does not mean that the door is closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also means that when the time comes, we will make our timetable known so that for anybody who wants to aspire for the president of this country, either in the platform of the APC, will not be denied the opportunity to purchase the nomination forms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee, NWC, on Wednesday restated that it has endorsed President Bola Tinubu as its sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The APC National Organising Secretary, Suleiman Argungu, disclosed this at a press conference at the party\u2019s National Secretariat in Abuja. 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