The leading presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won the ruling party’s 2023 Presidency.
Bola Tinubu polled a total of votes to defeat his opponent, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, and Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
As of press time, our correspondent monitoring the event, reports that Tinubu has garnered over 1,000 votes while the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi followed with 217 votes.
VAM News gathers that the former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently leading the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary elections as vote counting continue.
Yemi Osinbajo is currently having 155 votes.
Recall that about seven aspirants including the Governor of Ekiti State, who doubles as Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi stepped down for the Asiwaju of Lagos.
The APC convention which is taking place at Eagles Square in Abuja is expected to produce a candidate for the 2023 presidential election.
The former Lagos State governor gained ground after fellow contestants, Governors Kayode Fayemi, Abubakar Badaru, and ex-Governor Ibikunle Amosun, among others stepped down for him on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who is projected to come second, alleged rigging of the election process.
2,322 delegates from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) voted at the APC presidential primaries.
See the results below:
Bola Ahmed Tinubu 714
Ahmed Lawal 34
Yemi Osibanjo 97
Rotimi Amaechi 138
Yahaya Bello 21
Dave Umahi 10
Ben Ayade 6
Ahmed Sani 2
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Tinubu made his debut in politics as an activist in the pro-democracy agitations of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in the early 1990s.
The 70-year-old was instrumental to the formation of the APC in 2013, and the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as president in 2015.
His main challengers in the 2023 polls have been identified as Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). CONTINUE READING…
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