Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election.
The majority of 3,274 accredited delegates affirmed Atiku as the party’s flagbearer at the party’s elective national convention just concluded this morning (Sunday) at the Adokiye Amasiemeka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
A total of 12 aspirants sought the prized ticket in the primary.
They were former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal.
Included were the former governors of Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Jigawa and Plateau states- Ahmed Makarfi, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Attahiru Bafarawa, Sule Lamido, and Jonah Jang.
The rest were Senate President Bukola Saraki; immediate past Senate President, Senator David Mark; former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki and erstwhile lawmaker, Datti Baba-Ahmed.
Final Result:
The voided votes are 68
Jonah Jang scored 19 votes
Datti Baba Ahmed 5 Votes5
David Mark is 35 votes
Tanumu Turaki 65 votes
Sule Lamido 96 votes
Attahiru Bafarawa 48 votes
Ibrahim Dankwambo 111votes
Ahmed Makarfi 74 votes
Rabiu Kwankwanso 158 votes
Bukola Saraki 317 votes
Aminu Tambuwal 693 votes
Atiku Abubakar 1585 votes
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