{"id":199344,"date":"2026-04-23T19:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:21:31","slug":"yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries","title":{"rendered":"Yobe APC Adopts Consensus for 2027 Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe State has resolved to adopt consensus as its mode of selecting candidates for the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>This was part of the resolutions reached after the party held its stakeholders\u2019 meeting in Damaturu on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2014consensus and direct\u2014the APC had opted for consensus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom 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,\u201d Senator Lawan said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the APC Yobe State chapter has endorsed President Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to deliver 3.5 million votes to our presidential candidate, President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential election, and all our candidates \u2014 governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly candidates \u2014 would receive higher votes than they did in the 2023 general elections,\u201d Lawan said.<\/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) 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\u2019 meeting in Damaturu on Thursday. President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yobe APC Adopts Consensus for 2027 Primaries - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe State has resolved to adopt consensus as its mode of selecting candidates fo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yobe APC Adopts Consensus for 2027 Primaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe State has resolved to adopt consensus as its mode of selecting candidates fo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-23T18:10:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-23T19:21:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1776972027.749971.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1458\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1313\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Yobe APC Adopts Consensus for 2027 Primaries\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-23T18:10:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-23T19:21:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1776972027.749971.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/yobe-apc-adopts-consensus-for-2027-primaries\",\"name\":\"Yobe APC Adopts Consensus for 2027 Primaries - 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