Atiku congratulates Tinubu for victory in APC presidential primary

By : Dennis Erezi

Date: 8 June 2022 3:05pm WAT

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 23, 2019 PDP Presidential candidate and main opposition leader Atiku Abubakar (C) leaves the polling station with his wife Amina Titilayo Atiku-Abubakar (R) after casting their votes at Agiya polling station in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, as voting commenced in the presidential election. Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar on May 28, 2022 won the opposition party PDP’s primary race to run in the 2023 presidential election, according to ballot results. Luis TATO / AFP

Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Bola Tinubu after being nominated as the flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, polled 1271 votes in total to clinch the ticket ahead of former minister of transportation Rotimi Amaechi, vice president Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Ahmad Lawan.

Amaechi was the closest to Tinubu with 316 votes. Osinbajo, who many thought would give Tinubu a tough run, came third with 235 votes while Lawan polled 152 votes.

Atiku said Tinubu’s victory at the APC presidential primary election at Eagles Square in Abuja was a show of his tenacity.

“Congratulations, Bola Tinubu, on your emergence as your party’s presidential candidate,” Atiku tweeted on Wednesday.