Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- Like a well-rehearsed orchestra hitting every note in harmony, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State on Saturday conducted its local government congresses without a ripple of discord, producing executives across all 25 LGAs through consensus.

From the creeks to the uplands, party faithful trooped out in large numbers, turning the exercise into a political carnival marked by order and coordination. Observers from the Independent National Electoral Commission, security agencies, representatives of the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, and members of the media kept watch as the process unfolded calmly across the state.

At the party's secretariat in Asaba, the state Chairman, Elder Omeni Sobotie, formally ...