APC Crisis Tops Agenda as Tinubu Meets NASS Leaders Today

President Bola Tinubu is holding a crucial meeting with All Progressives Congress National Assembly leaders on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, with APC governors’ alleged excesses during recently concluded party primaries topping the agenda as the ruling party scrambles to contain internal tensions that erupted following the primary season.

Leadership newspaper confirmed that the meeting was called to address mounting grievances from APC federal lawmakers who allege that governors exploited their control over the primary process to sideline incumbent members and impose preferred candidates. Several senators and House of Representatives members have complained that governors effectively hijacked the primaries in their states, freezing out sitting lawmakers who had received earlier assurances of automatic renewal.

Sources in the presidency said Tinubu was working to manage the fallout carefully, aware that alienating a significant portion of the APC’s federal legislators could complicate the passage of key bills and create distractions as the administration prepares for a second term bid in 2027. The president is expected to call for internal reconciliation while affirming that the integrity of the primary process must be respected.

Governors Pushed Back Hard

APC governors had moved aggressively during the primary season to consolidate their hold over party structures in their states, with some reportedly deploying administrative pressure, financial leverage, and security influence to ensure that their preferred candidates emerged. Several incumbent federal lawmakers who fell out with their governors found themselves either denied party tickets or forced into inconclusive primaries that left their candidacies in limbo.

However, senior party officials have sought to frame the disputes as manageable post-primary adjustments rather than a structural crisis. Tinubu had previously ceded executive authority to governors to manage their state primaries, a decision that is now being cited by lawmakers as the source of the problem. Furthermore, the party’s Appeals Committee has been inundated with petitions from aspirants across multiple states challenging the outcomes of both direct and consensus primaries.

Meanwhile, Babachir Lawal, who had already resigned from the ADC, publicly declared on Tuesday that he had also eliminated the APC from his list of political options, saying both major parties had failed to uphold democratic norms in their internal processes. Still, most incumbent federal lawmakers from the APC are expected to pursue their grievances through internal party channels rather than defecting, given the practical costs of losing the ruling party’s structural advantages. Notably, three former Osun State lawmakers who defected from the APC to the PDP were widely cited as a cautionary example of what party discipline could achieve through pressure. Consequently, Wednesday’s Tinubu-NASS meeting is one of the most politically consequential intra-party engagements since the primaries concluded.

Wike Thanks Tinubu for Bold Leadership

In related political news, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike praised President Tinubu for what he described as bold steps in infrastructure development in the Federal Capital Territory, saying the level of road construction and urban renewal in Abuja under Tinubu’s watch was unprecedented. In addition, Wike urged Nigerians to acknowledge the government’s achievements rather than focusing exclusively on its shortcomings. As a result, Wike’s comments reinforced his position as one of the most publicly loyal voices in the current administration, even as he navigated his own political calculations ahead of 2027.