With 1,271 Votes, Tinubu Floors Osinbajo, Amaechi, Others To Win APC Presidential Ticket

Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, polled over 50% of the delegates’ votes totalling 1,271, OduNews reports.

Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation and top contender, polled 316 votes while Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo got 235 votes.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the ”consensus candidate” of Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman, polled 152 votes.

Rochas Okorocha, Tein Jack-Rich and Tunde Bakare got zero votes; Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba got one vote; David Umahi polled 38 votes; Ogbonnaya Onu got one vote; Yahaya Bello polled 47 votes, and Ben Ayade got 37 votes. 13 void votes were also recorded.

The primary election was steeped in controversy when the APC national chairman announced Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate.

But the national working committee (NWC) of the party distanced itself from Adamu’s position and aligned with the decision of the northern APC governors who resolved to power shift to the south.

Tinubu will square it out with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and other candidates in the 2023 presidential election.