Arguably, one of the most competitive political battles in Nigeria’s history – it is no doubt an election in which the youth, including students, have made their voices heard.In the final results of the tightly contested polls, Tinubu’s vote total of 8,794,726 was just enough to defeat his closest rivals, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, who scored 6,984,520 and 6,101,533 respectively.
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In a reaction to Obasanjo’s open letter to Nigerians on Sunday, Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC PCC, said that its presidential candidate, Senator Bola Tinubu “will not lose sleep over Obasanjo’s move, as Obasanjo is notorious for always opposing progressive political forces, as he did against MKO Abiola in 1993.”
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kanu, a former Military Governor of Imo (1975) and of Lagos State (1976) died on Wednesday morning in a Lagos hospital at the age of 77.
Tinubu said that the Ajomale-led executive did not record any defeat while running the affairs of the party in the state.
The winner of Saturday’s primary election will fly the party’s flag in the July 14 Ekiti governorship election, in which the APC is seeking to oust the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
The law graduate of University of Liverpool, England, obtained a Masters degree in Maritime Law from University of London and called to the Nigerian Bar in 1999.