The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has cleared a total of 705 aspirants to contest various elective positions in the 2027 general elections as its primaries set to begin on Monday.

According to the party, 513 aspirants were cleared for the House of Representatives, while 80 were cleared for the Senate.

The National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a terse update, said the number of aspirants cleared for the various State Houses of Assembly is still being compiled by the state chapters of the party.

“Until the secretariat gets the full reports from the states, it would be difficult to give the figures for the State Assemblies,” the party stated.

The development indicates a significant level of interest within the ADC ahead of the 2027 polls, as the party positions itself as a major contender in the political space.

Photo: President Bola Tinubu, accompanied by the First Lady and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the APC presidential primary at his new ward in Ikoyi,Lagos

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, Former Governor of the State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Consensus governorship candidate, Senator Olamilekan Adeola have hailed the conduct of the Presidential Primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the State.

The APC Chieftains at their various wards across the 20 local governments area of the State, joined the mammoth APC faithfuls crowd who gathered on a straight line through option A4, affirmed the candidacy of President Bola Tinubu as the Presidential candidate of APC in the coming 2027 general elections.

While speaking at their various locations, they described the massive turnout as a special and a demonstration that Nigerians are for President Tinubu and APC.

They also commended the peaceful conduct of the primary.

Earlier, President Bola Tinubu described the exercise as peaceful, transparent and a demonstration of internal democracy.

Tinubu spoke after participating in the exercise held at Ward L2, Ikoyi II, Ireti Primary School, Mekunwen Street, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa Local Government, Lagos, where thousands of party members had gathered for the presidential primary election.

President Tinubu commended party members, governors and officials for the orderly conduct of the exercise across the country.

Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia who is the State Collation Officer for the All Progressives Congress presidential primary election in the State has assured members of the party of a transparent and orderly conduct of the exercise across the state.

Addressing members of the State Executive Committee, party faithful and stakeholders of the party Governor Alia urged them to uphold fairness and credibility throughout the exercise.

The Governor explained that the presidential primary would be conducted through the direct primary system, noting that the same method had earlier been adopted for the party’s House of Representatives, Senatorial, Benue State House of Assembly and governorship primaries in the state.

According to him, the exercise would take place across all 276 wards in Benue State, with each ward serving as a voting centre for party members participating in the process.

Governor Alia also presented the election materials received from the party’s national headquarters, stating that the materials had arrived intact and without any diversion.

He noted that the materials had been packaged according to different levels of collation — ward, local government and state — to ensure seamless coordination of the process.

He announced that distribution of the election materials would commence by 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, with designated officers assembling at the party secretariat before deployment to local government areas and wards.

The Governor further revealed that the state party secretariat would serve as the venue for the final collation of results from across Benue beginning from 3:00 p.m. after voting.

He stressed the need for decency, transparency and social justice throughout the exercise and wished all participants success as they prepared to carry out the democratic process.