Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State beat 22 others to win the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 Presidential election. The APC had dithered with dates for its Presidential primaries, finally fixing it for June 6 to 8, after benefitting from an extension given by the hitherto reluctant Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The prelude to the Presidential primaries was filled with intrigues and uncertainties, with the party leadership appearing to be bent on foisting a consensus candidate as its flagbearer for the election. Indeed, party Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu had on June 6, announced to the bewildered members of the party, the consensus candidate whose name he gave as Senator Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate from Yobe State, North-East Nigeria. This generated a lot of furore among other aspirants and internal disagreements from within the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, which he chairs. President Buhari was then forced to deny an approval for Lawan to be announced as consensus candidate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thereafter, the party\u2019s primaries proceeded and 23 presidential\naspirants who were cleared at the party\u2019s screening exercise last week, took\nthe stage to deliver their campaign speeches. Subsequently, voting took place\nthroughout the night of Tuesday, June 7,\nwith results announced mid-day of Wednesday, June 8. In the result that was\nannounced, Bola Ahmed Tinubu polled 1,271 votes to defeat his closest rival,\nRotimi Amaechi who scored a total of 316 votes. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo\nand President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan scored 235 and 152 votes,\nrespectively. Some aspirants had\nwithdrawn from the contest right inside the venue with most of them urging\ndelegates to vote for Bola Tinubu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The primaries which was televised and watched live\ncame out as organised belying the tension and intrigues that preceded it.\nTinubu now joins former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic\nParty (PDP) and Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and now Labour\nParty Presidential Candidate, as three of the leading contestants for the\nPresidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. The primaries of all the\nparties are expected to conclude on June 9, 2022, with parties expected to\nsubmit the list of all candidates for the various elective positions no later\nthan June 17. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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