Former Nigeria’s vice president, Atiku Abubakar has been elected the
presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Incumbent President Mohammadu Buhari had clinched the All Progressive
Congress, APC, Presidential ticket after receiving over 14million votes
At a PDP national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, held on
Saturday and Sunday, Abubakar Atiku defeated 11 other aspirants to clinch
the hotly-contested ticket.
His victory now sets him against the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari
in the 2019 general election.
Below is the results of the hotly contested PDP presidential primaries.
BUKOLA SARAKI: 317
ATIKU ABUBAKAR: 1,532
AMINU TAMBUWAL: 693
IBRAHIM DANKWAMBO: 111
AHMED MAKARFI: 74
SULE LAMIDO: 96
DAVID MARK: 35
RABIU KWANKWASO: 158
DATTI BABA-AHMED: 05
ATTAHIRU BAFAWARA: 48
JONAH JANG: 19
KABIRU TURAKI: 65
On his twitter account, Atiku Abubakar said the task to get Nigeria
working again starts now.
His words: “thank you for choosing me. This is a victory for all of us.
The task to get Nigeria working again starts now.”