On May 22, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was officially endorsed as the sole presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general elections. The endorsement occurred during the APC National Summit held at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja. The motion was moved by Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and seconded by Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, with unanimous support from the 22 APC governors and the leadership of the National Assembly. In his address, President Tinubu expressed satisfaction with the recent wave of defections from opposition parties to the APC, describing it as a natural realignment in Nigeria's democratic evolution. He stated, "You don't blame people bailing out of a...