The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has won the ruling party’s Presidential Primaries according to the reports sighted by Egalitarian Voice Media.
Tinubu defeated the likes of Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation; and Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
The former Lagos State governor gained ground after fellow contestants, Governors Kayode Fayemi, Abubakar Badaru, and ex-Governor Ibikunle Amosun, among others stepped down for him on Tuesday night.
2,322 delegates from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) voted at the APC presidential primaries.
Here is the final results:
1. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba — 1
2. Governor David Nweze Umahi — 38
3. Pastor Tunde Bakare — 0
4. Ahmed Sani Yerima — 4
5. Rt Hon Chibuike R Amaechi — 316
6. Professor Yemi Osinbajo — 235
7. Senator Rochas Okorocha — 0
8. Alhaji Yahaya Bello — 47
9. Ogbonnaya Onu — 1
10. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan — 152
11. Ikeobasi Mokelu — 0
12. Sir Benedict Ayade — 37
13. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu — 1, 271
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Tinubu made his debut in politics as an activist in the pro-democracy agitations of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in the early 1990s.
Come 2023 his main challengers in the polls will be Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).
