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UPDATED: BREAKING! Atiku Abubakar Clinches PDP Presidential Ticket

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Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has won the Peoples Democratic Party presidential ticket.

Atiku beat other 11 PDP presidential aspirants in the race at the National Convention of the party held on Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The convention which was supervised by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as Chairman of the National Convention Committee, saw Abubakar polling a total of 1,532 votes.

Abubakar’s closest rival was the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, who scored 693 votes.

Coming a distant third with 317 votes was the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.

Other contestants were former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, 19 votes; former President of the Senate, David Mark, 35; former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Kabiru Taminu Turaki, 65; and former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, 96.

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Others were former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, 48; Governor of Bauchi State, Ibrahim Dankwambo, 111; former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, 74; and former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso.

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