The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has declared that no state chapter or electoral committee of the party has the authority to announce winners of the party’s ongoing primary elections, insisting that only the National Working Committee (NWC) can ratify and officially declare results.
Yilwatda made the clarification on Sunday night in an interview with a national tv station.
According to the APC chairman, all results from the primaries conducted across the country must be transmitted to the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, where the NWC will carry out final verification before any winner is officially recognized. 
“The states cannot announce winners until the NWC gives its verdict,” he stated during the live interview, stressing that the party’s constitution and internal guidelines place the final authority for primary election declarations on the national leadership.
The directive effectively nullifies several results already announced by state chapters and local collation committees following the recently concluded primaries.
The development comes amid growing controversies trailing the APC primaries in some states, with allegations of irregularities and manipulation emerging from different camps.
