Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar wins PDP Presidential ticket – Former Vice President and four-time Presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakarhas emerged as the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the February 16, 2019 Presidential elections, the former vice President polled 1,532 votes to win PDP’s Presidential ticket.
In a fiercely contested primaries which began on Saturday at the Adokie Amasiemeka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers, the four-time Presidential Aspirant who polled trumped the other aspirants; Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal who garnered a total of 693 votes, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki with 317 votes and Former Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso who polled 158 votes and to clinch victory at the party’s convention.
The other candidates recorded votes as follows: Ibrahim Dankwambo – 111 votes, Sule Lamido scored 96 votes; Ahmed Makarfi –74 votes; Taminu Turaki – 65 votes; Attahiru Bafarawa – 48 votes; David Mark– 35 votes; Jonah Jang- 19 votes; Datti-Baba Ahmed who scored 5 vote, while 68 votes were invalid.
Chairman of the Special Convention Committee, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, announced the result on Sunday morning in the election which saw over 3,000 delegates vote for the party’s flag bearer.
He had previously run for the seat in 1.
NUMBER OF DELEGATES THAT VOTED PER STATE
- Abia 106
- Adamawa 76
- Akwa Ibom 153 but 151 voted
- Anambra 54
- Bauchi 73
- Bayelsa 74
- Benue 121
- Borno 57
- Cross Rivers 95
- Delta 141
- Edo 79
- Eboyin 101
- Enugu 121
- Ekiti 109 but 107 voted
- Gombe 89
- Kaduna 103
- Kano 129 but 128 voted
- Imo 117 but 104 voted
- FCT 36 but 35 voted
- Jigawa 84
- Katsina 102 but 101 voted
- Kebbi 68 but 65 voted
- Kogi 94 but 93 voted
- Kwara 102
- Lagos 64
- Nasarawa 62
- Niger 83
- Ondo 64
- Osun 88
- Ogun 21
- Oyo 88 but 87 voted
- Plateau 76 but only 74 voted
- Rivers 131
- Sokoto 95
- Taraba 93
- Yobe 59 but only 58 voted
- Zamfara 48
TOTAL DELEGATES ACCREDITED AT THE CONVENTION 3,274
All agents to the presidential aspirants have openly confirmed to the whole world that the process was free, fair, transparent and that they are all satisfied with the entire voting processes.
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