Tambuwal, Ambode, El-Rufai, Yari, Umana get APC’s tickets

Tambuwal, Ambode, El-Rufai, Yari, Umana get APC’s tickets

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All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidates emerged yesterday, across the country, signalling the final countdown to February’s general election.

The party’s presidential candidates will emerge next week in Lagos to climax the pre-general election activities.

The party will pick its House of Representatives and Senate candidates this week.

House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal picked the Sokoto State ticket.  Mr. Umana Okon Umana won in Akwa Ibom, Olorogun O’tega Emehor is the Delta State candidate.

Former Accountant General of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwumi
Ambode early this morning emerged the flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2015 general election.

He was the overwhelming choice of the party, defeating all other candidates to emerge as candidate of the party. Ambode polled a total of 3,735 votes out of 6,000 votes.

But it was a primaries that had the trappings of a well-orchestrated plot even as the primaries were adjudge to be free and fair.
Results are as follows

Ambode 3,735 votes
Tola Kasali 69 votes.
OBAFEMI HAMZAT 1201 votes
LEKE PITAN 112 Votes
TAYO AYINDE 17 Votes
GANIYU SOLOMON 272 Votes
OLASUPO SHASORE 121 Votes
TOLA KASALI 68 Votes
ADEYEMI IKUFORIJI 182 votes
TOKUNBO AGBESOWA No vote
ABAYOMI SOTE No vote
ADEKUNLE DISU 9 votes
TOKUNBO WAHAB 7 votes
LANRE OPE No vote

Former minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam El-Rufai has picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for Kaduna State.

He pulled 1, 965 votes to defeat Hon. Ashiru who scored 1, 379 votes.

The Presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Adamawa State has suffered a major setback as his favourite candidate Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji was defeated in Thursday’s party primaries by Senator Muhammadu Umar Jibrilla.

Jibrilla defeated Mijinyawa repeating a feat he made in the APC Primaries in the build up to the 11th October botched by election making it the second time to defeat Atiku’s favoured candidate in about two months.

Chairman of the primary election Committee, Abubakar Yawe while announcing the outcome, described the election as the most peaceful and transparent as all the aspirants were satisfied with it.

He said four contestants participated in the primaries “We have four aspirant as governorship candidates of this primaries who alongside their agents assert all the modalities employed for this primaries.”

Yawe announced that Dr Tahir Mamman got 17 votes, Kobis Ari Thimnu scored 85 votes, Yayaji Mijinyawa scored 1,183 and Senator Jibrila Bindow got total votes of 1,880 while 24 votes were returned as invalid out of total delegates of 3,316 from the 21 LGA.

In Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Belo is the standard bearer.
Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa) and Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe) got the tickets to run for second term.

Speaker Tambawal polled 3,466 votes to emerge tops, ahead of four other contenders.

His opponents’ scores are as follows: Professor Lawal Bashir (0), Yusha’u Ahmed Kebbe(13), Senator Umaru Dahiru Tambawal(23) and Jibrin Bello Gada(0). The primary was held at the Gingiya Memorial Stadium. The delegates were drawn from the 23 local government areas and 244 wards.

Total delegates accredited 3,569, total votes cast 3,513 and total valid votes 3,501.

The chairman of the four-man Electoral Panel, Bolaji Khalil, said 10 votes were invalid.

Tambuwal, who attributed his victory to Allah, praised Governor Aliyu Wamakko for his resilience in providing the right kind of leadership.

“ I, therefore, wish to thank delegates and the good people of Sokoto State with the hope that you will extend your support to the party to ensure we form a responsive government that will transform the state,” he said.

After a rowdy scene, a former secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Umana Okon Umana, was declared the winner at the Uyo Township Stadium.

Umana, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week, scored 2,444 of the 2,453 valid votes.

His opponent, Senator James Akpanudoedehe, scored only six votes.

The shadow poll kicked off in Lagos around 1.30 pm, following the accreditation of about 6,000 delegates from the pre-existing 20 local governments.