PDP Presidential Primary Election: Atiku Emerges Victorious

• Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has won the PDP presidential primary election with 371 votes.

• Bukola Saraki and Emmanuel Udom celebrated with Atiku. 

• Atiku has called for unity and a better Nigeria.

The long-awaited PDP presidential primary election came to an end yesterday with the former vice president Abubakar Atiku emerging as the winner.

The former president contested against Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, former Senate president Bukola Saraki, Governor of Akwa Ibom state Udom Emmanuel, Bala Mohammed, Pius Anyim and Sam Ohanbunwa. 

Atiku Abubakar, 75, had contested with the incumbent president of the federal republic of Nigeria, President Muhammad Buhari in the 2019 presidential election but lost having gathered a total of 12 million votes.

The pdp presidential primary election which was conducted in the MKO Abiola stadium will see Abubakar Atiku be the flagbearer for the People Democratic Progress (PDP) having defeated all other contestants with a total of 371 votes with Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike who came second with a total of 231 votes and Bukola Saraki who came third with a total of 70 votes. 

What proved to be the game-changer in the victory was the withdrawal of Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwa. 

The governor stepped down just a few hours before the election, handing over his support to Abubakar Atiku. It is more surprising to know that he wasn’t present to celebrate the victory of Atiku yesterday after the election.

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Atiku was celebrated by fellow contestants Bukola Saraki and Udom Emmanuel and they were the only fellow contestants that were around to congratulate him on his victory.

The PDP flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election assured the citizens of the country that his victory marks the genesis of a better Nigeria and called for unity both in the party and in the country.

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