Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Emerges Winner with 1271 Votes

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the party’s presidential primary.

He defeated his closest challengers, former minister Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, by over 1,271 votes.

Amaechi received 316 votes, while Osinbajo received 235 votes.

Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Mr Ahmed Rufai, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Mr Jack Rich, Governor Ben Ayade, Governor David Umahi, Senator Ahmed Yarima, Dr Ahmed Lawan, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Governor Yahaya Bello, and Mr Ogbonnaya Onu were among the thirteen other candidates.

Nine aspirants have previously stepped down, with eight urging followers to vote for Tinubu and one urging them to vote for Osinbajo.

Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Robert Boroffice, Ken Nnamani, Ibikunle Amosun, Dimeji Bankole, Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, and Godswill Akpabio are among those that resigned before the election.

They encouraged their supporters to vote for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as did the only female candidate, Mrs. Uju Ken-Ohanenye.

Pastor Felix Nicholas, a candidate from the United States of America, resigned as well, urging his supporters to vote for Osinbajo.

At the convention, a candidate, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the immediate previous Minister of State for Education, was conspicuously absent.

In the presidential election on February 25, Tinubu will face Atiku Abubakar, 75, of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, as well as other candidates.

Buhari, who is stepping down after serving the maximum two terms permitted by the constitution, had spent days preparing for the event.