APC adopts consensus for primaries in Yobe

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Yobe Chapter, has adopted consensus as its mode for the 2027 primary elections.

Sen. Ahmed Lawan (Yobe North) stated this while briefing journalists at the end of the party’s stakeholders’ meeting in Damaturu on Thursday.

He said consensus would be adopted for the governorship, National Assembly, and State Assembly primary elections.

“Out of the two modes specified by the Electoral Act, consensus and direct primaries, Yobe APC has chosen consensus.

“And from our previous experience, consensus has always worked for us in this state.

“Any candidate who emerges for any position will receive the support of everyone in the party, including aspirants who may have wished to be selected,” Lawan said.

The senator added that the party has internal mechanisms for reaching out to aspirants who are not successful.

He pledged that the party would deliver 3.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, as well as more votes for its candidates in the National and State Assembly elections.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that stakeholders at the meeting unanimously endorsed Tinubu for a second term in office.

Gov. Mai Mala Buni said the state had benefited immensely from numerous projects, programmes, and policies of the Federal Government led by the president.