Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emerged the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary elections.
Tinubu won with a total of 1,271 votes to emerge as the APC presidential flagbearer ahead of the 2023 general elections.
About 2,322 delegates had decided the fate of over 13 presidential aspirants, including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi at the party’s special convention held at Eagles Square, Abuja.
The total rundown of states and their respective accredited delegates are were:
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 include 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.
Closing in second place at the polls is the former Governor of Rivers State, who polled 316, and Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo in third place, with 235 votes.
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan scored 152 votes while the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello scored 47 votes.
In last place include the General Overseer of the Citadel Global Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, BelemaOil boss, Jack-Rich Tein, Ikeobasi Mokelu, Senator Rochas Okorocha, while former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and Ogbonnaya Onu polled 1 vote respectively.
Nine aspirants had earlier withdrawn from the race to support Tinubu including former Gov. Godswill Akpabio, Mrs. Uju Kennedy-Ohnenye, former Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Dr. Felix Nicholas, former Speaker Dimeji Bankole, Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, Governor Muhammad Badaru, Sen. Ken Nnamani, and Governor Kayode Fayemi.
In the race to Aso rock, Tinubu will face Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) among other candidates in the forthcoming 2023 elections.
