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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has boasted that the successful outcome of its presidential primary is a confirmation that the ruling party is a winning path to remain in power beyond 2027.
Yilwatda, spoke to newsmen on the sidelines at the venue of the 2026 collation and declaration of presidential primary election result on Sunday in Abuja.
He also boasted that no other political party has the capacity to match the strength of the ruling party in organising and showcasing what APC presented in their congresses.
The former Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management further argued that the volume of attraction to purchase APC’s expression of interest and nomination forms and participation in the primary is a confirmation the ruling party will win next year’s general elections landslide.
“The APC, is becoming the rallying point for all political parties. Everybody wants to be in the APC. The competition to be in the APC is quite high, and we see thousands of people buying our forms. It shows how our party is accepted by Nigerians and by the people,” he bragged.
Speaking further, Yilwatda said: “If you see the mass turnout during our presidential primary congresses held to nominate the president. The numbers were in their thousands, and this is just a mock demonstration of what the general election will look like.”
“It shows clearly that no other party would win the election because the numbers turning out are in their thousands.
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Believe me, no political party can showcase one-tenth of what we presented in their own congresses. It shows that we are on the path, and the winning path,” he claimed.
Yilwatda equally spoke on the rancourous legislative Assembly primaries, emphasising that it is expected.
“You should know that when it comes to power, it is a game of power, and everybody wants to be the one elected. Everyone wants to find reasons to be elected. But we as a party have internal mechanisms for conflict resolution.
“We have the presidential conflict resolution team and the party reconciliation team. We activate them to go down to the state level and the national level to ensure quicker reconciliation, a fast healing process, and they will merge it with campaigns to ensure that we win the 2027 election,” he said.
On the videos circulating over miscounting of voters during the party’s primary, he said: “Sometimes you see videos online. I even received a video that was sent to me, which I later found out was from an event that happened three or four years ago.
“These are unverified videos and were not even meant for our party activities. They were from activities somewhere else, even union or leadership elections in different settings, but are being circulated as if they are APC activities.
“If you check all our activities, we have our flags, our banners, and people raising their membership cards. In those videos, you cannot see any APC banner anywhere. It shows clearly that those were not APC activities,” he said.
