As of this morning, Former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was set to win the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Governors of Ekiti and Jigawa states, Kayode Fayemi and Abubakar Badaru respectively, 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, was the first aspirant who conceded to the former governor.
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. Babachir Lawal, told reporters 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 an 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.
Former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, failed to address the delegates after the first set of four delegates did so.
