Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is leading other aspirants in the on-going presidential primary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as results from 8 states have shown.
The election is also being contested by a former Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi; and a renowned economist, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
Gombe, Abia, Ebonyi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Osun, Taraba and Yobe States’ results have been published and Atiku is maintaining a commanding lead so far.
Gombe State’s Returning Officer, Prof. David Agbu, said that Atiku polled 139,334 votes. Amaechi came in a distant second with 1,150 votes, while Hayatu-Deen secured 464 votes.
In Abia State, Atiku scored 25,153 votes against Amaechi’s 18,339 votes and Hayatu-Deen’s 3,264 votes while in Ebonyi State, the ADC National Vice Chairman (Diaspora), Fred Onwe, announced that Atiku secured 15,300 votes, while Amaechi polled 2,200 votes and Hayatu-Deen managed 200 votes.
Atiku polled 68,823 votes in Sokoto State, leaving Amaechi with 292 votes and Hayatu-Deen with 319 votes while in Zamfara State, Atiku obtained 60,500 votes. Hayatu-Deen scored 436 votes, while Amaechi secured 191 votes.
Atiku won in Osun State with 12,321 votes, defeating Hayatu-Deen, who polled 4,000 votes, while Amaechi came third with 679 votes.
Also in Taraba State, the former VP polled 48,523 against Amaechi’s 25,150 votes, and Hayatu-Deen’s 8,369 votes and in Yobe State, Atiku won with 44,841 votes, according to the Chairperson of the Electoral Committee, Hajiya Ma’am Kyari.
She said that Amaechi secured 300 votes, while Hayatu-Deen polled 365 votes.
