After days, weeks and months of high-level politicking characterised by horse trading, intrigues and smart political moves, delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tuesday night commenced voting to elect its presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The exercise which ran through the night and continued Wednesday morning followed the clearance of 23 aspirants to contest for the party’s presidential ticket.
As at the time of this report Wednesday morning(6.30am to be precise), about 10 states, including Benue, Ogun, Oyo, Rivers, Enugu, Niger, Bauchi, Ondo and Osun had cast their votes out of the 36 states and the FCT Abuja.
Blueprint’s checks further revealed that former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was likely to put up a strong show and possibly emerge the party’s candidate, considering the number of aspirants who stepped down for him before the commencement of voting exercise by the delegates.
But some…
