APC Presidential Primaries: And the WInner is ?

Voting has officially ended at the Teslim Balogun stadium, Venue of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential election.

Voting commenced at about 2am, delegates voted according to their states; in alphabetical order. Sorting and counting will commence shortly.

5 Candidates contested in the APC presidential primaries. They include; former head of state, General Mohammadu Buhari; former Vice President of the country, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Governor of Kano State; Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and Publisher of Leadership Newspaper Group, Sam Nda-Isaiah.

Hmm .... Who is your winner?

The 71-year-old was chosen for the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket, after an all-night vote by 7,214 delegates at a party convention in Lagos.

"Congratulations General Buhari. The delegates have spoken, you fully deserve the victory," Abubakar said on his Twitter account @atiku.

Buhari ended up with 3,430 votes.
Atiku with 954 Votes
Kwankwaso with 974 Votes
Okorocha, 624; and
Isaiah, 10
16 Invalid Votes


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Jonathan, 57, was endorsed by his ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a separate meeting in the capital, Abuja, on Wednesday night. No other candidate had challenged for the nomination.

Last time round in 2011, Jonathan secured nearly 22.5 million votes or nearly 59 percent of the ballots cast. Buhari, then campaigning for the Congress for Progressive Change, scored 12.2 million or nearly 32 percent.

The vote on February 14, 2015 is expected to the closest since Nigeria returned to democracy 15 years ago, with the opposition -- a coalition of four parties -- stronger than ever.

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