The All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The decision was part of resolutions reached at the party’s 195th National Working Committee (NWC) meeting and National Strategic Retreat, which ended in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Saturday.
Reading the communiqué at the end of the three-day gathering, APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, said a review of the party’s internal structures showed that it remained united and prepared for the 2027 elections.
‘We get a clean bill of health with the APC as a party. I trust strongly that the party is strong, the party is healthy, the party is prepared, and the party is oiled for the 2027 General Elections,’ Yilwatda told journalists and party delegates.
The national chairman also announced the NWC’s unconditional endorsement of Tinubu and Shettima as the party’s presidential ticket, alongside all other candidates produced through its primary election processes.
The party said the resolutions reflected its assessment of its internal structures and preparations for the 2027 general elections.
‘We pass a vote of confidence on our presidential candidate, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON, and all the other candidates of our party that were elected in the primary elections for the 2027 general election,’ Yilwatda stated.
Defending the quality of the party’s candidates across all elective posts nationwide, he added: ‘We strongly believe that we produce some of the most pedigreed candidates, most acceptable and the most prepared to be elected to serve the people of Nigeria.’
Addressing internal squabbles and aggrieved party members, the NWC resolved to deepen peacebuilding initiatives across the country by mandating lower organs of the party to set up localized peace committees.
‘We resolved that we must continue to make reconciliation where we need to make reconciliation at all levels,’ the party chief stressed. ‘The effort to constitute reconciliation committees at the state, the local government, and also at the ward level [will be intensified]. We encourage the state chapters to constitute reconciliation committees where it is not done.’
Yilwatda added that national party officers would take an active, visible role in driving the election campaigns across the country.
‘The National Working Committee also resolved to lead the campaign from the front and all the engagement of the party to ensure total victory for all our candidates in the forthcoming general elections,’ the communiqué stated.
The three-day retreat, themed ‘Strengthening Party Organization, Unity and Electoral Readiness Towards 2027,’ ran from Thursday, September 24, to Saturday, September 26, 2026.
The high-level meeting brought together members of the NWC, state chairmen, and key stakeholders from across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to align strategies for President Tinubu’s re-election bid and broader electoral success for the party in 2027.