FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election.
Atiku Abubakar polled 1532 votes to get the ticket, defeating his closest rival the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, who polled 693 votes at the party’s National Convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Chairman of PDP Convention Committee, disclosed this on Sunday at the Adokiye Amaesiamaka Sports Complex, Igwurita-Ali, Port Harcourt while announcing the results of the 2018 special national convention of the party.
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The results go thus:
Void votes = 68
Ahmed Datti = 05
Jonah jang = 19
David Mark = 35
Bafarawa = 48
Kabiru Turaki = 65
Ahmed M Makarfi = 74
Sule Lamido = 96
Dankwambo = 111
Kwankwaso = 158
Bukola Saraki = 317
Aminu Tambuwal = 693
Atiku Abubakar = 1,532
Total delegates  = 3,274
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