ICIR Nigeria
THE All Progressives Congress(APC) held her governorship primaries across states in the country yesterday, Thursday.
The results left behind mixed feelings as winners brimmed with smiling faces while despair and agony reigned in the faces of losers.
In this article, ICIR compiles the list of twenty two winners declared so far in the keenly contested exercise:
Abia
A development economist, Ikechi Emenike, emerged the governorship candidate of the APC in Abia State.
He defeated five other aspirants to clinch the governorship ticket of the main Abia opposition party at the governorship primary held in Umuahia.
Chairman of the APC governorship primary election committee for Abia, Tony Obiefuna, who declared the result of the poll said, Emenike polled 672 votes out of 892 votes cast by 907 accredited delegates to emerge victorious.
Emenike’s closest rival, Chief Emeka Atuma received 150 votes from the delegates; Daniel Eke, 16; Paul Ikonne, 22; Obinna Oriaku, 12; and Uche Ogah, 6. One of the aspirants, Mr. Alex Otti, who had withdrawn from the race on the eve of the primary still got 14 votes.
Adamawa
Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed Binani won the governorship ticket of the party in Adamawa State, defeating male candidates such as Nuhu Ribadu and former governor Jibrilla Bindow.
She scored 430 votes while Ribadu, former chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), trailed with 288 votes. Former governor Muhammadu Jibrilla Bindow, came third with 103 votes, while Abdurrazaq Namda polled 94 votes.
Bauchi
Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar emerged as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after scoring a total vote of 370 out of 1021 votes defeating six other aspirants who entered the race with him.
Borno
Babagana Zulum of Borno won the ticket of the party in the state unopposed. He is the incumbent.
The Chairman of APC Primary Election Committee in the state , Uba Maigari, disclosed that 1,422 delegates were accredited while 1,411 voted and endorsed Zulum through voice vote.
Cross River
Senator Bassey Otu won the party’s gubernatorial ticket by a landslide.
He defeated two other aspirants by a wide margin of 811 votes. Senator John Owan-Enoh who came second got 84 votes while Chris Agara scored 63 votes.
Delta
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, was yesterday elected the governorship standard bearer of the APC in Delta State.
Omo-Agege polled a total of 1,190 votes, and was returned unopposed by a total of 1,235 accredited delegates of the party at the APC governorship primaries held on Thursday at the Federal College of Education, Asaba.
Announcing the results, Chairman of the party’s election committee and returning officer, Mrs Oyibo Nwaneri, declared Omo-Agege winner, “having polled majority of the votes cast”, noting that he was the sole candidate at the primary electio…
