2023 Election: Atiku receives PDP certificate of return
Former Nigerian vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, was at PDP headquarters to receive his certificate of return from the National Working Committee (NWC).
Atiku, 75-year-old emerged as the winner of Saturday’s presidential primary election in Abuja, which is his sixth attempt for the nation’s top job.
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He was also the PDP’s candidate in the last election in 2019, which he lost to President Muhammadu Buhari.
He scored 371 votes to defeat Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike, who polled 237 votes. A former Senate President and Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, had 70 votes.
Minutes before the commencement of the election at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State withdrew from the race, asking his supporters to back Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku was at the party’s headquarters with other presidential aspirants who contested in the PDP primary election, they include Bukola Saraki, Sam Ohuabunwa, Nwachukwu Anakwenze, and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
However, Atiku’s closet rival during the primary election, Wike, was not seen among the aspirants.
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