President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has crushed Stanley Osifo in the APC presidential primaries for 2027. The result was never in doubt. State after state returned figures that left Osifo with barely a single delegate in some regions. Party officials announced the final tally late last night, confirming what everyone already knew: Tinubu owns the APC.
The scale of the win exposes the emptiness of recent talk about APC divisions. Tinubu’s team deployed every weapon in the party arsenal—governors, cash, and the threat of political exile—to ensure Osifo remained a footnote. Osifo, a former Edo lawmaker, ran as a protest candidate for a handful of disgruntled elders. They wanted a bargaining chip. Instead, Tinubu turned the primaries into a loyalty parade, forcing delegates to choose between his camp and oblivion.
This victory does more than secure Tinubu’s candidacy. It confirms he controls every lever of the APC. The governors answer to him. The National Working Committee takes orders from him. Even the party’s financiers now report directly to his office. The Independent National Electoral Commission will rubber-stamp the result, and Osifo’s backers lack the resources to challenge it in court. The judiciary has not overturned a primary in three years.
The message to potential challengers is clear: cross Tinubu and you will be erased. The PDP and Labour Party now face a machine that brooks no dissent, answers to no faction, and will steamroll anyone in its path. The 2027 race is already over. The only question left is how many bodies will be left in Tinubu’s wake before the general election.
