National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is currently leading in the ongoing presidential primary of the party in Abuja.
Tinubu won 10 of the 10 boxes sorted so far, obtaining over 900 votes, as at 11:20am.
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He is trailed by former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
While Amaechi has obtained 193 votes, Osinbajo polled 138 so far.
UPDATE: 11:20AM
Bola Ahmed Tinubu 953
Rotimi Amaechi 193
Yemi Osinbajo 138
Ahmed Lawan 53
Yahya Bello 25
Dave Umahi 10
Ben Ayade 9
Ahmad Sani 3
Void Votes 7
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) June 8, 2022
The winner is expected to be declared in a few hours.
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Fourteen aspirants in the race are;
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, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajuba and Mr Ogbonnaya Onu.
Nine aspirants had earlier withdrawn from the race including: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.
Voting, which was supposed to begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, didn’t start until 2 a.m. today, Wednesday, June 8.
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.
Selected members of APC have been at Eagles Square in Abuja since yesterday to choose a candidate for next year’s election to replace the President Muhammadu Buhari.
They are to select a candidate to face 75-year-old Atiku Abubakar of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party among others in the February 25 presidential ballot.
PDP – which held its primary on May 28 and 29 – chose Abubakar, a former vice president and a political stalwart who is a northern Muslim.
