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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially slated its governorship primary election in Osun State for December 13, 2025, ahead of the August 8, 2026 governorship poll.
According to a timetable released by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu, and made available at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, the nomination and expression of interest forms will cost ₦50 million.
The election process is set to kick off with a formal notice to the Osun State chapter on October 3, 2025, while an update of the party’s membership register will run from October 20 to 31, 2025. Only members who are financially up to date—having paid their dues up to February 2025—and appear in the updated register will be eligible to participate as voters or aspirants.
Key dates on the party’s election timetable include:
Sale of forms begins: November 12, 2025
Deadline for submission of completed forms and delegate list: December 1, 2025
The APC has waived the cost of the nomination form for women and persons with disabilities, requiring them to only pay for the expression of interest form, as part of its inclusion policy.
Youth aspirants between ages 25 and 40 will also enjoy a 50% discount on the nomination form, while paying the full fee for the expression of interest.
As of the time of filing this report, no fewer than a dozen party chieftains have shown interest in clinching the party’s ticket.
Among the frontrunners are Senator Ajibola Basiru, National Secretary of the APC; Bola Oyebamiji, Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA); Otunba Iyiola Omisore, Former Deputy Governor of Osun State; Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, businessman/insurance expert; Dotun Babayemi; Senator Babajide Omoworare; Senator Mudashiru Hussain; Benedict Alabi, Former Deputy Governor; Kunle Adegoke (SAN), Legal luminary, among others.
All eyes will be on the internal dynamics of the APC as aspirants jostle for support among delegates ahead of the crucial December primary with the race to the Osun Government House officially underway.
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