The majority of 3,274 accredited delegates affirmed Atiku as the party’s flagbearer at the party’s elective national convention just concluded this morning (Sunday) at the Adokiye Amasiemeka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
A total of 12 aspirants sought the prized ticket in the primary.
They were former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal.
Included were the former governors of Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Jigawa and Plateau states- Ahmed Makarfi, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Attahiru Bafarawa, Sule Lamido, and Jonah Jang.
The rest were Senate President Bukola Saraki; immediate past Senate President, Senator David Mark; former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki and erstwhile lawmaker,Datti Baba-Ahmed.
Details later
– The Citizen
Oct. 7, 2018 @ 12:10 GMT /
