The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the
two
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major
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contemporary
political parties in Nigeria
This is list of political parties in Nigeria.
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a numb ...
, along with the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties,
the party came to power following the victory of party candidate
Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and current president of Nigeria since 2015.
Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 Au ...
in the
2015 presidential election. This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully.
In 2015, the APC won the majority of seats in the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
and the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
, though it fell shy of winning a
super-majority
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to override the ability of PDP to block legislation.
During Buhari's first term, waves of defections led the party to lose its federal legislative majorities in 2018, with both
Senate President
President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies.
The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for ex ...
Bukola Saraki
Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, (born on 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician. He was the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 and Chair of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly. He was ...
and
House Speaker Yakubu Dogara
Yakubu Dogara (born 26 December 1967) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria.
Dogara is a member of the PDP who has served as the House of Representatives Member for Bogo ...
among the dozens of lawmakers that defected to the PDP. Nonetheless, Buhari was reelected in the
2019 general election, which also saw the party solidify its majorities in both chambers.
Formation
Formed in February 2013, the party is the result of a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties – the
Action Congress of Nigeria
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), formerly known as Action Congress (AC), was a Nigerian political party formed via the merger of a faction of Alliance for Democracy, the Justice Party, the Advance Congress of Democrats, and several othe ...
(ACN), the
Congress for Progressive Change
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) was a political party founded in Nigeria in 2009 in preparation for the April 2011 elections.
It was the 63rd political party to be founded in the country.
In February 2013, the party merged with the A ...
(CPC), and the
All Nigeria Peoples Party
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria.
Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...
(ANPP) along with a breakaway faction of the
All Progressives Grand Alliance
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is a political party in Nigeria.
Electoral history
At the legislative elections held on 12 April 2003, the party won 1.4% of popular votes and 2 of 360 seats in the House of Representatives of Nigeri ...
(APGA) and the new PDP – a faction of then ruling People's Democratic Party.
The resolution was signed by
Tom Ikimi
Chief Tom Ikimi (born 10 April 1944) in Kumba-Southern, British Cameroons (modern-day Cameroon) to John Onile Ikimi and Victoria Isiemoa Ikimi, both from Igueben (Igueben Local Government Area- Edo State). He is married, with three sons and a dau ...
, who represented the ACN; Senator
Annie Okonkwo on behalf of APGA;
Ibrahim Shekarau
Ibrahim Shekarau (born 5 November 1955) was a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria. He was elected in April 2003 and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). H ...
, the Chairman of ANPP's Merger Committee; and Garba Shehu, the Chairman of CPC's Merger Committee.
[and ]Basirat Nahibi
Basirat Nahibi or Basirat Nahibi-Niasse is a Nigerian politician, entrepreneur and the first female gubernatorial aspirant in Nigeria.
She is the founder of Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership in Africa (WAELE); ''a non-profit focused ...
The party received approval from the nation's
Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was established in 1998 and is the electoral body which oversees elections in Nigeria.
History
Regulation and administration of elections
The administration of democratic elections in Nige ...
(INEC) on 31 July 2013 to become a political party and subsequently withdrew the operating licenses of the three parties that merged (the ACN, CPC and ANPP). In March 2013, it was reported that two other associations – African Peoples Congress and All Patriotic Citizens – also applied for INEC registration, adopting APC as an acronym as well, reportedly "a development interpreted to be a move to thwart the successful coalition of the opposition parties, ahead of the 2015 general elections."
It was reported in April 2013 that the party was considering changing its name to the All Progressive Congress of Nigeria (APCN) to avoid further complications.
However, the party name remained.
History
2013–2015
In November 2013, five serving
Governors
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from the governing PDP defected to the APC:
Rotimi Amaechi
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (born 27 May 1965) is a Nigerian politician, he served as the Federal Minister of Transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency ...
of
Rivers State
Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa Ib ...
,
Abdulfatah Ahmed
Abdulfatah Ahmed (born 29 December 1963) is a Nigerian banker and politician. He is the former Governor of Kwara State.
Background
Ahmed was born on 29 December 1963 in Share, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
He attended Gover ...
of
Kwara State
Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...
,
Rabiu Kwankwaso
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of
Kano State
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...
,
Murtala Nyako
Murtala Hamman-Yero Nyako, GCON, CFR: rcds, D.Agric. (H.C.) (born 27 August 1942) was elected Executive Governor of Adamawa State, Nigeria, taking office in May 2007.SPPU Adamawa State Government, " ww.adamawastatesppu.org
Prior to then he serve ...
of
Adamawa State
Adamawa state () is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west, and Taraba to the southwest, while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon. It tak ...
and
Aliyu Wamakko
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (born March 1, 1953) was elected governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria in April 2007, representing the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Background
Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State was born on 1 March 1953 in Wamakko, Sokoto ...
of
Sokoto State
Sokoto State (Hausa: Jihar Sokoto Fula: Leydi Sokoto 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤧𞤮𞥅𞤳𞤮𞥅𞤼𞤮𞥅) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the extreme northwest of the country on the national border with the Niger, Republic o ...
. It had been previously reported that Governors
Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu
Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu is a senior civil servant who was elected governor of Niger State, Nigeria in April 2007.
He was reelected on 26 April 2011.
In the March 2015 presidential and senate elections, Gov Aliyu failed in his senate race against ...
of
Niger State
Niger is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria and the largest state in the country. Niger state has three political zones, zone A,B and C. The state's capital is at Minna. Other major cities are Bida, Kontagora and Suleja. It was fo ...
and
Sule Lamido
Sule Lamido was born on (30 August 1948) served as Foreign Affairs Minister of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003.
He was elected governor of Jigawa State in April 2007.
He is a member of the former ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).
He ran successful ...
of
Jigawa State
Jigawa State (Hausa: ''Jihar Jigawa'' (Fula Leydi Jigawa 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Created in 1991 from the northeastern-most region of Kan ...
were set to defect from the
People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to:
* People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
*People's Democratic Party (Belize)
*People's Democratic Party (Bhutan)
*People's Democratic Party (Chile)
* People's Democratic Party (Dom ...
to the APC; however, both ended up remaining with the
People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to:
* People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
*People's Democratic Party (Belize)
*People's Democratic Party (Bhutan)
*People's Democratic Party (Chile)
* People's Democratic Party (Dom ...
. Amid the governors' defections, nearly 50 federal legislators (including
Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born 10 January 1966) is a Nigerian politician who serves as the Governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria, having won election during the 2015 general elections and re-elected in the 2019 general elections. Tambuwal is a member ...
) joined the party, adding to the 137 legislators in the APC as a result of the prior merger of the smaller opposition parties.
These legislative defections initially gave the APC a slim majority of 186 legislators in the
Lower House
A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...
out of a total of 360 legislators; however, subsequent political wrangling and pressure from political factions and interests outside the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
, gave the party only 37 additional legislators thus giving the APC a nominal majority of 172 out of 360 Legislators, as opposed to the PDP's 171 (although some smaller PDP-allied parties held the balance of the other seats). This was further confirmed when the party seated 179 members on 15 January 2015 when the House resumed after a long recess to finally affirm its majority.
Among the party's first electoral tests were a number of off-year gubernatorial elections with the party nominee coming third in
Anambra State in 2013 while the next year, the APC incumbent was
unseated in Ekiti State but the party's incumbent in
Osun State was re-elected. Despite its short history, the party faced infighting in 2014 as several notable members including Okonkwo, Ikimi, and Shekarau resigned from the party and joined the PDP.
2015 elections
![Map of the 2015 Nigerian presidential election](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Map_of_the_2015_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg)
Ahead of the elections, the
party presidential primary was held on 10 December 2014 with former military dictator
Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and current president of Nigeria since 2015.
Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 Au ...
winning by a significant margin. In the federal elections on 28 and 29 March 2015, Buhari
emerged victorious over incumbent
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...
by 2.6 million votes—a margin of nine percentage points. The APC
expanded its House of Representatives majority to over 210 seats and
gained a majority in the Senate with 60 seats. In state elections (mainly on 11 April), 21 governorships were won by the APC while the party also won the majority of state
Houses of Assembly.
2015–2019
At the start of the legislative session in June 2015, the picks of the party leadership and Buhari for legislative leadership—
Ahmad Lawan
Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (born 12 January 1959) is a Nigerian politician and professor who has served as President of the Senate of Nigeria since 2019. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the All Progressi ...
(Yobe North) for
President of the Senate
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The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for e ...
and
Femi Gbajabiamila
Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila (born 25 June 1962), is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbajabiamila has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2019.
Early life and education
Olu ...
(Surulere I) for
Speaker of the House of Representatives—lost elections to those offices as dissenting APC members and PDP members voted for different leadership:
Bukola Saraki
Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, (born on 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician. He was the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 and Chair of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly. He was ...
(APC-
Kwara Central) for Senate President and
Yakubu Dogara
Yakubu Dogara (born 26 December 1967) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria.
Dogara is a member of the PDP who has served as the House of Representatives Member for Bogo ...
(APC-Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa) for Speaker of the House. Although Gbajabiamila became House Majority Leader in 2015 and Lawan later became Senate Majority Leader in 2017, their defeat for the prime position of each body set up a legislature that often feuded with the Buhari-led executive.
The party did well electorally during Buhari's first term, with a victories both the
Edo State
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and
Ondo State
Ondo State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to t ...
gubernatorial elections in 2016 but a loss in the
Anambra State gubernatorial election in 2017. The next year, the party
gained the Ekiti State governorship and
held the Osun State governorship. However, the APC faced larger issues in holding its members together as number of prominent defections (former Vice President
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, former
House of Representatives Speaker
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and incumbent
Governor of Sokoto State
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See also
*States of Nigeria
*List of state governors of Nigeria
Refere ...
Aminu Tambuwal
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born 10 January 1966) is a Nigerian politician who serves as the Governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria, having won election during the 2015 general elections and re-elected in the 2019 general elections. Tambuwal is a member ...
, former
Governor of Kano State and Senator
Rabiu Kwankwaso
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, and incumbent
Governor of Benue State
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Samuel Ortom
Samuel Ioraer Ortom (; born 23 April 1961) is a Nigerian politician, businessman, administrator and philanthropist. He was a Minister of State Trade and Investments in Nigeria during the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan. Ortom was elected govern ...
) occurred throughout 2017 and 2018 during an internal crisis that culminated in the defections of Saraki and Dogara along with the loss of the parties' federal legislative majorities.
As an organisation, the party also faced problems during this period as party chairman
John Odigie Oyegun
John Odigie Oyegun (born 12 August 1939) is a Nigerian politician who served as the first national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria. He was also the Executive Governor of Edo State between 1992 and 1993, during the aborted ...
, who had served in the role since party foundation, came under intense criticism from various internal factions in 2017 and 2018 despite Buhari's support for Odigie Oyegun. Although Buhari initially pushed for Odigie Oyegun to continue in the position, he eventually agreed with governors in April 2018 to hold party congresses and elect new leadership. After
state parties held state congresses in May 2018, the national party held its convention in June and elected former
Governor of Edo State Adams Oshiomhole
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole (born 4 April 1952), is a Nigerian politician and the former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress. He had previously served as the President of Nigeria Labour Congress from 1999 to 2007 and the executive gove ...
as National Chairman;
Mai Mala Buni
Mai Mala Buni CON(born 19 November 1967), is a Nigerian politician. He was born in Buni Yadi, Gujba local government area of Yobe state, North east Nigeria. He is the current governor of Yobe State, Nigeria. He was elected governor during the 2 ...
continued in the National Secretary role while former Senator
Lawali Shuaibu
Lawali Shuaibu (born 18 April 1955) is a Nigerian politician who was elected senator for the Zamfara North Senatorial District of Zamfara State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the All People's Party (Nigeria), ...
became Deputy National Chairman (North) and former
Governor of Ekiti State
This is a list of administrators and governors of Ekiti State. Ekiti State was created on 1 October 1996 from territory of Ondo State.
See also
* States of Nigeria
* List of Nigerian state governors
References
*{{cite web
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Niyi Adebayo
Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo (born 4 February 1958) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who has served as minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria since August 2019. He previously served as governor of Ekiti State from 29 May 1999 to 29 ...
became Deputy National Chairman (South).
2019 elections
![Map of the 2019 Nigerian presidential election](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Map_of_the_2019_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg)
After direct primaries where Buhari was the sole candidate, he advanced to the general election where he defeated
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*Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician and businessman, Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007
*Atikur Rahman Mallik, Bangladeshi film editor
Middle name
*Abubakar Atiku ...
of the
People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to:
* People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
*People's Democratic Party (Belize)
*People's Democratic Party (Bhutan)
*People's Democratic Party (Chile)
* People's Democratic Party (Dom ...
by a margin of 14 percentage points—nearly 4 million votes. For the legislative elections, the APC regained its majorities in both the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
and the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
after losing the majorities due to defections in 2018. On the state level, the party
lost four governorships and gained two governorships leading to a net loss of two governors' offices while winning a majority of state
Houses of Assembly.
2019–2022
At the start of the legislative session in June 2019, the previous picks of the party leadership and Buhari for legislative leadership from 2015—
Ahmad Lawan
Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (born 12 January 1959) is a Nigerian politician and professor who has served as President of the Senate of Nigeria since 2019. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the All Progressi ...
(Yobe North) for
President of the Senate
President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies.
The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for e ...
and
Femi Gbajabiamila
Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila (born 25 June 1962), is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbajabiamila has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2019.
Early life and education
Olu ...
(Surulere I) for
Speaker of the House of Representatives—successfully won election to those offices as the party avoided large scale internal dissent unlike 2015. The Lawan-led Senate and Gbajabiamila-helmed House of Representatives were much closer to the executive compared to the previous National Assembly, with critics even derisively referring to the assembly as a "
rubber stamp
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."
In off-year elections, results were mixed as the APC incumbent in
Ondo State
Ondo State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to t ...
won re-election but the APC-turned-PDP incumbent in
Edo State
Edo, commonly known as Edo State, is a state located in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. As of 2006 National population census, the state was ranked as the 24th populated state (3,233,366) in Nigeria, However there was controversy ...
also held his office in 2020. Coupled with the loss of Edo, the party came a distant third in the
Anambra State gubernatorial election in 2021 and the APC incumbent was
unseated in Osun State the next year; though, the party
held the Ekiti State governorship in 2022. As a part of a concerted effort to woo defectors, three governors joined the APC—
Ebonyi State
Ebonyi State ( ig, Ȯra Ebonyi) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by Benue State, Enugu State to the west, Cross River State to the east and southeast, and Abia State to the southwes ...
's
Dave Umahi
David Nweze Umahi CON (born July 25, 1964) better known as Dave Umahi is a Nigerian politician who is currently serving as the Governor of Ebonyi State.
Early life and education
Umahi was born 25 July 1964. He is the son of Elder Joseph Uma ...
,
Cross River State
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Benedict Ayade
Ayade Benedict Bengiuoshuye CON was born on the 2nd of March, 1968 and hails from Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State.
He holds a B.Sc., LLB, BL, M.Sc., MBA, LLM and a Ph.D. He bagged his PhD at a tender age of 26 from the prest ...
, and
Zamfara State
Zamfara (Hausa: Jihar Zamfara Fula: Leydi Zamfara 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤶𞤢𞤥𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤢) is a state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state is Gusau and its current Governor is Bello Matawalle. Until 1996, the area was ...
's
Bello Muhammad Matawalle—in 2020 and 2021 along with dozens of state and federal lawmakers; however, political moves around party primaries in 2022 erased most of these legislative gains due to members leaving the APC.
However, the APC faced more internal leadership crises as disputes over the leadership of National Chairman
Adams Oshiomhole
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole (born 4 April 1952), is a Nigerian politician and the former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress. He had previously served as the President of Nigeria Labour Congress from 1999 to 2007 and the executive gove ...
dominated party internal affairs in 2019 and 2020 with Oshiomhole feuding with several APC governors during the 2019 campaign and its aftermath. Tensions rose in November 2019 when the state APC in Edo State—Oshiomhole's home state—suspended his party membership and argued that a suspended member could not serve in a leadership position. Eventually litigation decided the dispute, with a High Court suspending in Oshiomhole as Chairman in March 2020 based on his membership suspension. After the suspension was affirmed during the appeal process, there was a brief June 2020 power struggle between two members of the National Working Committee—
Victor Gaidom
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and
Abiola Ajimobi
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—before the party National Executive Council opted to dissolve the National Working Committee and set up the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The CECPC was led by former Party Secretary and incumbent
Governor of Yobe State Mai Mala Buni
Mai Mala Buni CON(born 19 November 1967), is a Nigerian politician. He was born in Buni Yadi, Gujba local government area of Yobe state, North east Nigeria. He is the current governor of Yobe State, Nigeria. He was elected governor during the 2 ...
and former Senator
John James Akpan Udo-Edehe
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becoming National Secretary. The caretaker committee was meant to serve for a few months before a national convention was held with elections for permanent leadership but the committee's term was extended until early 2022 despite regular lawsuits and internal attempts to remove the CECPC. Despite continued party infighting that plagued October 2021 state congresses and an attempted "palace coup" to replace Buni with
Governor of Niger State
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See also
*States of Nigeria
*List of state governors of Nigeria
References
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Abubakar Sani Bello
Abubakar Sani Bello also known as ''Lolo,'' is a Nigerian politician and the current executive Governor of Niger State, Nigeria. He is a member of All Progressive Congress (APC)
Background
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in while Buni was abroad for medical attention, the national convention was finally held on 26 March 2022. The convention mainly used the contentious "consensus" method of electing officials with allegations that Buhari and governors had imposed candidates on the party; in the convention, Senator
Abdullahi Adamu
Abdullahi Adamu (born 23 July 1946) was governor of Nasarawa State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member and newly elected chairman of the ruling Party All progressives congress (APC).
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became National Chairman and former
Iyiola Omisore
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became National Secretary while Senator
Abubakar Kyari
Abubakar Kyari (born 15 January 1963) is a Nigerian Politician. He was the senator representing Borno North Senatorial District of Borno State at the 9th National Assembly from 2015 unitl his resignation in April 2022. He is a member of the A ...
became Deputy National Chairman (North) and
Emma Eneukwu
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* Emma (given name)
Film
* Emma (1932 film), ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown
* Emma (1996 theatrical film), ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow
* Emma (1996 TV film), '' ...
became Deputy National Chairman (South).
2023 elections
Despite a contentious campaign period rife with allegations of misconduct and vote-buying, the
APC presidential primary on 7 and 8 June 2022 was held peacefully with former
Governor of Lagos State
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The governor leads the executive branch of the Lagos State Government.
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Bola Tinubu
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defeating
Rotimi Amaechi
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,
Yemi Osinbajo
Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo (born 8 March 1957) is a Nigerian lawyer, professor, and politician who is the 14th and current Vice President of Nigeria since 2015. A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he previously served as Attorney Ge ...
, and eleven other candidates. However, the party ticket became immensely controversial the next month when Tinubu selected
Kashim Shettima
Kashim Shettima Mustapha (born 2 September 1966) is a Nigerian banker and politician who has served as Senator for Borno Central since 2019. He previously served as the Governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019. A member of the All Progressives ...
—a Senator and former
Governor of Borno State
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Borno State was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi State, Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola State, Gongola states.
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—as the APC vice presidential nominee; the selection created a Muslim-Muslim ticket, violating an unwritten convention against same religion tickets to ensure representative diversity.
Political ideology
Economic issues
The APC is generally considered to be a party that favors
controlled market
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economic policies, and a strong and active role for government regulation. A substantial number of its political leaders are followers of or politicians who subscribe to the
social democratic
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political philosophy
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of
Obafemi Awolowo
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and the
socialist
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and anti-class views of
Aminu Kano
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. Moreover, the majority of the APC's base of political support is in southwestern Nigeria and Northern Nigeria, which are dominated by the
Yoruba
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and the
Hausa-Fulani, respectively.
In December 2014, the APC was admitted as a consultative member of
Socialist International
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.
Social issues
The APC support states' rights, advancing state police as part of its manifesto. Its social policy is a combination of social nationalism. Despite the parties' domination by pro-devolution politicians like
Atiku Abubakar Atiku is a given name and surname. It may refer to:
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*Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician and businessman, Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007
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Middle name
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(prior to his leaving the party),
Bola Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as the Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 and Senator for Lagos West during the brief Third Republic. In June 2022, he was chosen as the A ...
and Chief
Bisi Akande
Chief Abdulkareem Adebisi Bamidele Akande (born 16 January 1939) is a Nigerian politician, who was the governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003, as a member of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) party, and was the first interim Chairman of the Al ...
, the party's presidential bearer and the CPC wing is less inclined to
federalism
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.
On 1 November 2017, Aliyu Ibrahim Panda became the first candidate under the party to declare his intention to seek the office of the president of Nigeria in the 2019 elections.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
House of Representatives and Senate elections
Gubernatorial elections
See also
*
List of state parties of the All Progressives Congress
This is a list of official States of Nigeria, state (and Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, FCT) party organizations of the All Progressives Congress.
State organizations
Notes
References
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External links
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2013 establishments in Nigeria
Conservative parties in Nigeria
Consultative member parties of the Socialist International
Federalist parties in Nigeria
Political parties established in 2013
Political parties in Nigeria