{"id":908692,"date":"2026-05-27T14:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/tinubu-urges-unity-fair-play-in-apc-primaries\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:14:31","slug":"tinubu-urges-unity-fair-play-in-apc-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/tinubu-urges-unity-fair-play-in-apc-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu urges unity, fair play in APC primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has urged All Progressives Congress (APC) members to uphold unity, fairness and sportsmanship ahead of nationwide primaries beginning Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu made the call in a statement personally signed on Thursday ahead of the APC primaries, starting with House of Representatives elections and ending on May 25 with presidential primaries.<\/p>\n<p>The President said primaries were more than candidate selection exercises, adding that are a referendum on unity, resilience and strength of the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the process offers members opportunity to renew shared bonds and commitment to ideals on which the APC was founded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to witness this historic moment in our party. The party we formed just yesterday is entering its fourth election cycle,\u201d Tinubu stated.<\/p>\n<p>He said the APC was founded on progressive politics, consensus democracy, personal devotion, sacrifice and selflessness, sustaining it through successive election cycles.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ex-gov-mimiko-joins-apc-praises-tinubus-reforms\/\">Ex-Gov Mimiko joins APC, praises Tinubu&#8217;s reforms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The President urged members to consolidate these ideals as the party proceeds into another round of nationwide primaries.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged efforts by party leaders to produce consensus candidates in line with the Electoral Act 2026 and APC constitution.<\/p>\n<p>He described consensus arrangements as commendable, saying they could reduce rancour, bitterness and division among members during primaries.<\/p>\n<p>President Tinubu encouraged stakeholders to maximise consensus where possible for a seamless process and stronger unity ahead of general elections.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said where consensus fails, members should approach primaries peacefully as brothers and sisters committed to party success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll participants in the primaries, whether contestants or voters, must keep the peace and act as sportsmen and women in party interest,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Adekola Shobiye <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tinubu-urges-unity-fair-play-in-apc-primaries\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has urged All Progressives Congress (APC) members to uphold unity, fairness and sportsmanship ahead of nationwide primaries beginning Friday. Tinubu made the call in a statement personally signed on Thursday ahead of the APC primaries, starting with House of Representatives elections and ending on May 25 with presidential primaries. The President said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":908693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99081,29332],"tags":[99080,12912],"class_list":["post-908692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tinubu","category-urges","tag-tinubu","tag-urges"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}