APC cites membership and seats as 2027 election advantage

All Progressives Congress National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda said the party’s claimed membership and elected representation give it an organisational advantage ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, while urging the electoral commission to apply its timetable and rules equally to all parties. Yilwatda made the remarks while receiving a pre-election fact-finding mission from the Economic Community of West African States at the APC national secretariat in Abuja. The delegation was led by Victor Bockarie Foh, a former vice-president of Sierra Leone. The chairman said the APC had approximately 13 million registered members and more than 261,000 executive members across its national, state, local government and ward structures. He said membership records and identification cards were designed to support verification using members’ National Identification Numbers and voter details. The figures are claims made by the party and have not been independently verified in the reporting. Yilwatda also said the APC held 31 of Nigeria’s 36 governorships, 88 of 109 Senate seats and 208 of 360 seats in the House of Representatives. He cited those elected officials, alongside grassroots...