Details on how former Governor, Bola Tinubu won the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congres, APC, has emerged.
Tinubu beat other contestants including Rotimi Amaechi who came second, Yemi Osinbajo – 3rd, and Ahmad Lawan -4th to emerge the party’s presidential flagbearer.
Below is the performance of each aspirant.
David Umahi – 38
Tunde Bakare – 0
Ahmed Rufai – 4
Bola Tinubu – 1271
Chinuike Amaechi – 316
Nwajuia Chukwememka -1
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo – 235
Rochas Okorocha – 0
Yahaya Bello – 47
Tin Jack-rich – 0
Ogbonnaya Christopher Onu – 1
Ahmad Lawan – 152
Ikeobasi Mokelu -0
Ben Ayade- 37
Void votes – 13
Earlier, AFRIPOST had reported that Tinubu emerged winner of the contest .
Tinubu won the ticket after six aspirants stepped down for him while majority of northern governors showed support for him.
Earlier, a former Niger Delta Minister, Godswill Akpabio, Ibikun Amosun and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi and others withdrew from the race to his advantage.
The aspirants urged their delegates to vote for Tinubu.
The convention had been wrapped in controversy over the choice of the party’s candidate.
President Muhammadu Buhari had pleaded with party stakeholders and APC governors to support him in order to pick a successor.
The national leadership of the party had earlier picked senator Ahmad Lawan as a consensus candidate. This led to heated controversy, as the governors upon meeting Buhari insisted that power must be shifted to the south.
The contest was, however, thrown open even as the Governors Forum had insisted on candidates from the south.
