Photo : Atiku Abubakar ADC presidential candidate
By: Mandy Park
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential primary election of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Tunde Ogbeha, the returning officer of the ADC presidential primary election, announced Abubakar as the winner of the primary poll on Wednesday night.
Abubakar polled 1,846,370 votes to defeat two other contenders — Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, former managing director of the defunct FSB International Bank, and Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers.
Amaechi polled 504,117 votes while Hayatu-Deen got 177,120 votes.
