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BREAKING: Tinubu Coasts To Victory As He Takes Early Lead At APC Presidential Primary

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Jun 8, 2022.

Benard Joseph

Tinubu Coasts To Victory As He Takes Early Lead At APC Presidential Primary.
Tinubu’s name was mentioned more often as organisers of the party’s presidential primaries at Eagle Square sorted two ballot boxes.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is coasting to victory at APC Presidential Primary as he jumped into an early lead in the race for the All Progressives Congress, APC, 2023 presidential ticket.

Recall that Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa) stepped down for Tinubu while addressing the delegates shortly before the commencement of voting.

Senators Ibikunle Amosun, Ajayi Boroffice, former Speaker Dimeji Bankole and the only female aspirant Mrs. Uju Kennedy Ohaneye also stepped down for the APC national leader.

Senator Godswill Akpabio, former Akwa Ibom State governor, led the floodgate of those aspirants who conceded to the former governor.

Tinubu was the frontline aspirant before he got those aspirants to back down on the convention ground.
The youngest aspirant, 40-year old Nicholas Felix, stepped down for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The endorsement of Tinubu by the seven aspirants was expected to increase his votes substantially.

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. Babachir Lawal, told Channels Television that the endorsements would increase Tinubu’s projection of votes to 1,800. Two thousand, two hundred and three (2,203) delegates were accredited out of expected number of 2,322.

Twenty-three aspirants were jostling for the ticket. All the aspirants but one took turns to tell the delegates what they would offer if given the chance to fly the party’s flag.

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Former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, failed to address the delegates after the first set of four delegates did so.

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