BREAKING: Atiku Clinches PDP Presidential Ticket; To Face Buhari In 2019 Election
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Sunday, October 7th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Nigeria’s vice president, Atiku Abubakar has been elected the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
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 |
| RABI 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.”
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