President Tinubu Completely Demolishes Challenger Stanley Osifo in Edo APC Presidential Primary; Governor Okpebholo Promises 2.5 Million Ballot Sweep for 2027

The internal machinery of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has delivered a jaw-dropping statement of absolute authority in the South-South. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has locked down an overwhelming landslide victory in the Edo State presidential primary election, reducing his sole opponent to a statistical footnote in a direct voting exercise that felt like a total coronation.

The definitive data announced today Saturday, May 23, 2026, by the designated collation officers across Benin City left political watchdogs completely speechless. Sweeping through all 192 political wards in the state, President Tinubu gathered a massive 131,096 votes from accredited party faithful. His lonely challenger, Mr. Stanley Osifo, experienced the ultimate political nightmare, failing to capture a single ward and exiting the portal with just one single vote to his name across the entire state.

The voting manual was heavily anchored by the state’s executive gravity. Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, led from the front by joining everyday party members on the queue at Ward 2, Udomi village in Esan Central Local Government Area. Insisting on standing in line under the sun until his ballot was filed and verified, the governor praised the flawless execution of the direct primary model, labeling it a transparent victory for internal democracy that completely shields the party from post-election legal fractures.

Delivering a victory brief after receiving the fully collated results from the 18 local government collation commanders, an ecstatic Governor Okpebholo stated that the massive, peaceful turnout across the state has permanently closed the portal on opposition doubts. He maintained that the overwhelming numbers represent a massive value-addition to Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign roadmap.

“Today’s primary was peaceful, and you could see the happiness on the faces of our people as they came out in large numbers to vote for Mr. President,” Okpebholo declared confidently. “They voted overwhelmingly for him, and this is a clear pointer to what the general election will look like. Two point five million votes are highly possible. Some people may doubt it, but it is achievable and already settled in Edo State.”

With the Edo chapter smoothly completing its allocation script, the President’s campaign engine moves into the final national collation phases with an unbreakable shield of momentum. By establishing a total monopoly over the party’s grassroots structures, Tinubu has sent an absolute warning shot to opposition camps from the heartbeat of the nation: the trenches are fortified, the structures are synchronized, and the road to the 2027 transition cycle remains firmly under the control of the incumbent commander.