APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda presented President Tinubu with his certificate of return and the party's flag at a ceremony at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja on 24 May 2026. Vice President Kashim Shettima, Nigeria Governors' Forum chairman AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Progressives Governors Forum chairman Hope Uzodimma were among the senior party figures present as Tinubu formally became the APC's 2027 presidential candidate.