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BREAKING: Tinubu Emerges APC Presidential Candidate With 1,271 Votes
Bola Tinubu, National leader of the All Progressives Congress APC on Wednesday afternoon emerged the presidential candidate of the party in Abuja polling 1,271 votes
APC Presidential candidate Bola Tinubu who scored 1,271 votes is trailed by former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, who scored 316 votes and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who scored 235 votes.
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Fourteen aspirants in the race were Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajuba, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Mr Ahmed Rufai, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Mr Jack Rich, Gov. Ben Ayade, Gov. David Umuahi, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Sen. Ahmed Yarima, Dr Ahmed Lawal, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Gov. Yahaya Bello and Mr Ogbonnaya Onu.
APC Presidential Primary Results:
Tunde Bakare — 0
Rochas Okorocha — 0
Ogbonnaya Onu — 1
Ahmed Sani — 4
Ben Ayade–37
Dave Umahi — 38
Yahaya Bello — 47
Ahmad Lawan — 152
Yemi Osinbajo — 235
Rotimi Amaechi — 316
Bola Tinubu — 1,271
Nine aspirants had earlier withdrawn from the race including Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohnenye, Dr Felix Nicholas, former Gov. Godswill Akpabio, former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun, former Speaker Dimeji Bankole, Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, Gov. Muhammad Badaru, Sen. Ken Nnamani and Gov. Kayode Fayemi.
A total of 2,260 delegates of the All Progressives Congress voted at the ongoing party’s Presidential Primary at Eagle Square, Abuja.
The total rundown of states and their respective accredited delegates are as follows:
Abia – 50; Adamawa- 62; Anambra- 63; Bayelsa- 24; Bauchi- 55; Benue- 64; Borno- 81; Cross River- 54; Delta- 73; Enugu- 51; Ekiti- 48; Edo- 54; Ebonyi- 38; FCT- 80.
Others are Gombe- 33; Imo- 81; Jigawa- 81; Lagos- 60; Plateau- 51; Katsina- 102; Kebbi- 63; Kwara- 48; Kogi- 63; Kaduna- 61; Kano- 126; Nasarawa- 39; Niger- 75; Ondo- 54; Ogun- 60; Oyo- 99; Osun- 90; Rivers- 69; Sokoto- 69; Taraba- 46; Yobe- 51 and Zamfara- 42.
Heavy security was deployed in central Abuja early Tuesday and streets were gridlocked as hundreds of APC supporters wearing the party colours of green, white and red gathered in and around the venue.
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