
All Progresives Congress ( APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won the presidential ticket of the party.
He polled 1,271 votes to defeat other aspirants at the party’s primary in Eagle Square, Abuja, a development, which has conferred on him the rights to represent the party in 2023 general election.
Tinubu defeated the likes of Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation; and Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, gained ground after fellow contestants, Governors Kayode Fayemi, Abubakar Badaru, and ex-Governor Ibikunle Amosun, among others stepped down for him on last night.
He was declared winner of the contest by Kebbi Governor Abubakar Bagudu,who is chairman of the APC Election Management Committee.
He will square up with People Democratic People (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of Labour Party ( LP) and others at the 2023 general elections.
2,322 delegates from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) voted at the APC presidential primaries.
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