Tinubu Emerges APC presidential Candidate

All Progresives Congress (APC) national leader and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been announced winner of the party primary elections.

Tinubu polled half of the total votes to beat his major opponents, the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.

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About 2,322 delegates from across the country had stormed Eagles Square, Abuja, to elect the flagbearer of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.

While Tinubu, got 1,299 votes, his major opponents, the former Governor of Rivers State and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo secured 292 and 216 votes respectively.

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The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan got 140 votes while the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello scored 42 votes.

Among all the aspirants who procured the N100 million nomination forms, 23 were successfully screened to participate in the primary.

With his emergence, Tinubu will face the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other party candidates to battle for the number one seat in the forthcoming 2023 election.

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