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I’m dissatisfied with APC presidential primary result but ready to support Tinubu’s re-election: Osifo 

Mr Osifo said, “I think God knows better, and God knows tomorrow.”

• May 24, 2026
Tinubu and Osifo
Tinubu and Osifo

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Stanley Osifo, has accepted the outcome of the primary election which witnessed President Bola Tinubu winning the party’s 2027 presidential ticket.

Mr Osifo stated this on Sunday after the results collation and declaration at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja.

He got 16,503 while the President polled 10,999,162 votes.

Though he stated that he was dissatisfied with the outcome of the polls, he assured that his loss would not stop him from supporting the party to be victorious during the general elections.

Mr Osifo said, “I think God knows better, and God knows tomorrow. I’m not okay with the outcome of the results. And I’m working with the party, I’m working with the candidate of the party as well. I have no problem with it.

“We are one party, we are members of the All Progressives Congress. We are one family. So we are not challenging ourselves. What we did was to have within ourselves who will become the candidate of the party. So where we are now, we have that already today.

“That is why we are working together. We are one party, so we must work together. Nobody is an island. Even if I had become the candidate today, I cannot work alone. I need a team. So offering an olive branch is something that everybody would want to support the president for.”

He commended the coordinators in the states, local governments and wards for a job well done, stating that he was still young and had a lot of years ahead of him.

He stated, “I am a very young man. I have a lot of years ahead of me, so it’s possible for things to happen. But I think God knows better, and God knows tomorrow. So let’s just hope on God and work as we move forward.”

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