{"id":126765,"date":"2026-04-28T20:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=126765"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:29:51","slug":"just-in-ruling-apc-commences-2027-primaries-process-tinubu-picks-presidential-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/just-in-ruling-apc-commences-2027-primaries-process-tinubu-picks-presidential-form\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST-IN   Ruling APC Commences 2027 Primaries Process, Tinubu Picks Presidential Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially entered the race for the 2027 general election after obtaining the presidential nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the ruling party commenced its primaries process on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The APC pegged the presidential nomination form at N100 million as it opened sales to aspirants seeking to fly the party\u2019s ticket in the 2027 elections.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Tinubu reportedly secured the form through a proxy, with Hon. James Faleke, who represents Ikeja Federal Constituency, obtaining it on his behalf after payment of the stipulated fee.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faleke received the nomination form from the APC National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu, at the party\u2019s national secretariat, shortly after the commencement of the sales exercise.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The development makes President Tinubu the first aspirant to pick the presidential nomination form under the APC\u2019s timetable for the 2027 primaries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Party officials described the opening of the nomination process as the formal beginning of activities leading to the selection of the party\u2019s presidential candidate for the next general election cycle.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Details later\u2026<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially entered the race for the 2027 general election after obtaining the presidential nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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