Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been confirmed the winner of the presidential primary of the All Progressive Congress, with a final vote count of 1271 delegates’ votes. Show The final vote count was confirmed at around 14:10 pm Abuja time at the Eagles Square after a rigorous voting and collation process that resumed by 3am on Wednesday morning. Tinubu was trailed by former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi with 316 votes and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo with 235 votes. The initial supportBefore the voting process commenced, the former governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio; former Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; current Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi and former Speaker of House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole stepped down for the former Lagos State governor, a major contender in the party’s presidential race. Senator Akpabio explained that he took the decision to step down for the APC chieftain in the interest of the party and the nation, and asked his supporters to pitch their tents with the former Lagos State governor. News continues after this ad What Tinubu is sayingTinubu, during his speech at the congress promised to fight terrorism to the very end if elected as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
With his emergence as the APC presidential flagbearer, Tinubu will dig it out with candidates of other parties including Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party for a chance to be elected as the nation’s president in next year’s general election. News continues after this ad How the delegates voted:
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 Wia dis foto come from, BAT Wetin we call dis foto, APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Former Lagos state govnor Bola Ahmed Tinubu don emerge as di presidential candidate of Nigeria ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC). E win afta beating 13 oda aspirants wey contest to represent di arty for di 2023 presidential election. Seven oda aspirants bin step down during di primary and declare dia support for Tinubu while one aspirant step down for Prof. Osinbajo. Tinubu poll 1,271 votes and and former minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi wey come second poll 316 votes. Among di prominent pipo wey di national leader of di APC beat na Prof Osinbajo wey poll 235 votes and Senate president Ahmed Lawan wit 152 votes. Bola Ahmed Tinubu alias Jagaban, na man of many parts and im don dey very active for Nigeria political life for many years now. Di 69 years old get reputation as a political godfather wey dey use im power and influence to support im candidates. Im na accountant wit degree from Chicago State University for United States, and im work for major companies including Mobil Oil Nigeria before im win senate seat for 1992. E later go on exile during di rule of military goment sake of im bin dey involved wit di pro-democracy National Democratic Coalition. Afta di death of military leader General Sani Abacha, im return for 1998 and immediately return to politics. Bola Ahmed Tinubu na two term govnor of Lagos state from 1999 to 2007. Although im bin no hold any political office afta 2007, but e get hand for di grooming of Lagos state govnors since den. Jagaban describe imsef as "talent hunter" wey dey "put talents for office, I help dem," im tell tori pipo Reuters for 2015 during Lagos govnorship election.
APC presidential primary: Bola Tinubu to contest Nigeria electionImage source, AFP Image caption, Bola Tinubu wields enormous power in western Nigeria politics Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu will lead Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) into next year's general elections after a landslide victory in the party primary. Mr Tinubu, 70, secured more than half of the votes at the party's convention. He will be challenged in February by Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour's Peter Obi, among others. President Muhammadu Buhari will step down in May after two four-year terms. Mr Tinubu, whose victory was helped by seven aspirants stepping down for him before voting began, will now look to unify the different voting blocks in the party. He polled 1,271 votes to defeat his closest rival, former Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 316 votes. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo came third with 235, while Senate President Ahmad Lawan got 152.
Mr Tinubu sold himself to party delegates on his stewardship of Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, which he led between 1999 and 2007, overseeing the transformation of its revenue and public transport. He will now be looking to do the same with millions of Nigerian voters, many of whom are suspicious of his reported health issues and allegations of corruption, which he denies. The convention started on Monday, a day after gunmen killed worshippers in Ondo state, in the south-west. The attack at the St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo highlighted the worsening insecurity under the APC, which Nigeria's next president will have to confront. That, along with high unemployment and rising inflation are expected to be the main election issues. Some of the aspirants took moments before their speeches to acknowledge those killed in the massacre. The APC emerged as a coalition of major political parties from northern and western Nigeria in 2013 and managed to seize power from the PDP in 2015, when President Buhari secured the first of his two election victories. The party retained power four years later and has since consolidated its reach across Nigeria, winning several local parliamentary seats and taking onboard defecting governors in southern Nigeria. Some senior party members, including Mr Buhari, had pushed for a consensus candidate to avoid a vote at the convention that might split the party. Powerful northern APC governors last week said they supported a southern candidate to succeed Mr Buhari, who is a northerner, continuing a controversial agreement to alternate power between northern and southern Nigeria. Mr Tinubu, a Muslim from southern Nigeria, has to decide if he will seek a Christian politician in the north - of which there aren't many - and risk losing vast votes in the region, or settle for another Muslim, potentially alienating southern Christian votes. You may also be interested in:
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