BREAKING: Tinubu Beats VP Osinbajo, Others, Wins APC Primaries [Full Results]

Tinubu has defeated VP Osinbajo and others to emerge the winner of APC Primaries.

Newsone reports that the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has been announced as the winner of the APC Presidential Primaries which took place at Eagles Square in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

This online news platform understands that Tinubu pulled half of the total votes to beat his major opponents which includes Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, and the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi.

Newsone Nigeria reports that 2,322 delegates from across the country had stormed Eagles Square to elect the flag bearer of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Before the APC Primary Election, nine aspirants had earlier withdrawn from the race including Mrs. Uju Kennedy-Ohnenye, Dr. Felix Nicholas, former Gov. Godswill Akpabio, former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun, former Speaker Dimeji Bankole, Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, Gov. Muhammad Badaru, Sen. Ken Nnamani, and Gov. Kayode Fayemi.

While nine APC Presidential Aspirants withdrew from the race, fourteen aspirants joined the race. These aspirants are Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajuba, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Mr. Ahmed Rufai, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Mr. Jack Rich, Gov. Ben Ayade, Gov. David Umuahi, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Sen. Ahmed Yarima, Dr. Ahmed Lawal, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Gov. Yahaya Bello, and Mr. Ogbonnaya Onu.

Tinubu, who doubles as the National Leader of the party, garnered 1,271 votes, his major opponents, the former Governor of Rivers State and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo secured 316 and 235 votes respectively.

The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan who was touted as APC Consensus Candidate managed to score just 140 votes while the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello who claimed was going to win the APC Primaries, scored miserable 42 votes.

Breakdown of APC Presidential Primaries Results

Bola Ahmed Tinubu 1,271
Rotimi Amaechi 316
Yemi Osibanjo 235
Ahmed Lawal 152
Yahaya Bello 47
Dave Umahi 38
Ben Ayade 37
Ahmed Sani 4.
Onu – 1.
Ike Obasi – 0
Rochas Okorocha – 0
Pastor Tunde Bakare – 0
Void Votes – 8.

All the twenty-three (23) APC aspirants who procured the N100 million APC Presidential nomination forms were successfully screened to participate in the APC Presidential primary 2022.

Meanwhile, Newsone reports that Tinubu’s emergence as APC flagbearer means he will face the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, and other political party candidates including Peter Obi of the Labour Party, to battle for the top political office in Nigeria in the forthcoming 2023 elections.