According to the party, the appointed officials will supervise the conduct of the direct primary across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The guidelines, signed by APC National Secretary Ajibola Basiru and released on Thursday, state that the primary will be held across all 8,809 wards nationwide, where registered party members will vote for their preferred presidential aspirants.

The APC confirmed that it has adopted the direct primary system for the exercise, allowing all registered members to participate at the ward level.

Under the arrangement, voting will take place in all wards, after which results will be collated from the ward level to the local government level, then forwarded to the state level, before final transmission to the national collation centre.

APC Deploys Coordinators In Opposition-Controlled States

The party also appointed prominent political figures as state coordinators and collation officers in states controlled by opposition parties.

The move places the supervision of the primary process in those states under APC leaders rather than sitting governors who belong to other political parties.

For example, in Oyo State, governed by the PDP, Senator Teslim Folarin was appointed as state coordinator and collation officer, while in Abia State, governed by the Labour Party, Benjamin Kalu was assigned the same role.

The party said the structure ensures that APC internal electoral processes are managed strictly within its own political framework in all states.

Full List Of State Coordinators And Collation Officers

The APC released the following list of appointed officials:

• Sen. Hope Uzodimma – Imo State
• AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq – Kwara State
• Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri – Adamawa State
• Umo Bassey Eno – Akwa Ibom State
• Douye Diri – Bayelsa State
• Hyacinth Alia – Benue State
• Babagana Zulum – Borno State
• Bassey Otu – Cross River State
• Sheriff Oborevwori – Delta State
• Francis Nwifuru – Ebonyi State
• Monday Okpebholo – Edo State
• Abiodun Oyebanji – Ekiti State
• Peter Mbah – Enugu State
• Inuwa Yahaya – Gombe State
• Umar Namadi – Jigawa State
• Uba Sani – Kaduna State
• Abba Yusuf – Kano State
• Dikko Radda – Katsina State
• Nasir Idris – Kebbi State
• Ahmed Ododo – Kogi State
• Babajide Sanwo-Olu – Lagos State
• Abdullahi Sule – Nasarawa State
• Mohammed Umar Bago – Niger State
• Dapo Abiodun – Ogun State
• Lucky Aiyedatiwa – Ondo State
• Caleb Mutfwang – Plateau State
• Siminalayi Fubara – Rivers State
• Ahmed Aliyu – Sokoto State
• Agbu Kefas – Taraba State
• Mai Mala Buni – Yobe State
• Dauda Lawal – Zamfara State
• Teslim Folarin – Oyo State
• Adegboyega Oyetola – Osun State
• Muhammad Ali Pate – Bauchi State
• Benjamin Kalu – Abia State
• Uche Ekwunife – Anambra State
• Philip Aduda – FCT

LG Collation Structure

According to the APC guidelines, state coordinators will appoint local government collation officers, who will gather results from wards within the 774 local government areas.

The results will then be collated at the state level before being transmitted to the Presidential Primary Election Committee in Abuja for final aggregation.

The party added that the final state-level results are expected to be submitted by May 24, 2026.