Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has won the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Tinubu defeated 13 other contenders to emerge as the presidential candidate of the APC at the Special National Convention of the party in Abuja on Wednesday.
The report of results announced by the APC and monitored by this medium indicates that the former Lagos State Governor won the APC presidential primary election by a wide margin.
At the time of filing this report, the results of votes scored by the former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, top contenders in the race had been announced.
TNG reports Amaechi polled a total of 316 votes, Osinbajo polled a total of 235 votes and President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan polled a total of 152 votes.
Tinubu polled a total of 1,271 votes from delegates to emerge as the presidential candidate of the APC for the 2023 presidential election.
More than 2,300 delegates voted in the contest that produced Tinubu as the presidential flagbearer of the ruling party.
He is now scheduled to face the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and others in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.