3-Player 3-Strategy Nash Equilibruim of Party’s Presidential Primaries in the Build-Up to 2023 General Elections in Nigeria

The research formulated a political game model of All Progressive Congress (APC) Party Contestants for the Presidential Primaries in order to determine the best possible candidate who would be presented by the Party for winning the 2023 General Election in Nigeria. The method of solution involved Nash equilibrium which yielded a pure Nash result of Propaganda, Consultation and Youth mobilization Strategies for Yahaya Bello, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Yemi Osinbajo respectively. The study concluded that, the outcome of the Party’s primaries which produced Ahmed Bola Tinubu as its flag bearer was consistent with the model’s result. Because, Ahmed Bola Tinubu did a lot of deep consultation with stakeholders while Yahaya Bello’s best response was propaganda as Osibanjo was preferred by the Youth of the Party.