The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has clarified that official results of the party’s recently concluded primary elections are yet to be released nationwide.

The party made the clarification in a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, while reacting to reports of removal of some candidates from the list of winners in Kano State.

Reports had emerged on Monday purporting that some candidates loyal to the NDC vice presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, were removed.

Clearing the air, NDC said it has not “released any official results of primary elections in any state”, urging the public and party members to “disregard any such list in circulation”.

The statement also confirmed that a “delegation of the national leadership of the Kwankwasiya Movement last night met with the national leader, His Excellency Senator Henry Seriake Dickson and the leadership of the NDC.

“The close door meeting was aimed at resolving the issues between the Kwankwasiya Movement and the legacy officials of NDC in Kano State.

“Senator Dickson and the NDC leadership are mediating in the process in order to enhance inclusion and participation by every party member.

“The NDC leadership will not impose candidates in Kano State, and indeed across the nation as the party cherishes the virtues of internal democracy.

“The meeting which lasted several hours was productive,” the statement added.

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has described as charade the recently concluded primary elections held by various political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections.

IPAC National Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, stated this on Tuesday at Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s Second Quarterly Consultative Meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja.

Dantalle blamed the challenges that marred the primary elections on the restriction imposed by the Electoral Act 2026, which eliminated indirect primaries as a valid mode of candidate nomination.

According to him, the nomination exercise which officially concluded on Saturday, May 30, 2026, exposed significant legal, administrative and operational challenges that deserve urgent national attention.

He added that the restrictive provisions of Section 84(2) of the Electoral Act, 2026, which limited parties to either consensus or direct primaries, effectively cornered political parties into processes that were neither genuinely democratic nor practically workable.

The IPAC’s boss noted that in many instances, parties adopted the consensus option despite the existence of multiple aspirants who had duly purchased expression of interest and nomination forms.

“The exercise was a charade. While some aspirants accepted these arrangements in the interest of party unity, others challenged their exclusion, arguing that genuine consensus requires the voluntary agreement of all contestants.

“Consequently, several disputes have found their way to the courts, creating uncertainty and avoidable tension within the political system,” Dantalle said.

Former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Sam Amadi, has described the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his Obidient followers as the most transformative force in Nigerian politics in the past two and half decades.

Amadi said Obi and his followers brought so much ideas, energy and vehemence into Nigerian politics.

Posting on X, Amadi urged Obi and his followers to be resolute and press harder in 2027.

He wrote: “@PeterObi and his Obidients have been the most transformative force in Nigerian politics in the two and half decades.

“The energies, the disruption and the ideas and vehemence they brought to Nigerian politics have parallel only in the 1960s.

“It does not mean they are good or bad people. It means they have been immensely transformative. Any serious and fair-minded political scientist will admit this.

“They should be resolute and press harder in 2027.”