PHOTOS: Atiku defeats Amaechi, Hayatu-Deen to pick ADC presidential ticket
Former Vice-President Atiku on Wednesday won the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primary election after defeating Rotimi Amaechi, ex-minister of transportation and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, former managing director of the defunct FSB International Bank.
The primary was held in 8,809 wards and 774 local government areas (LGAs) across the country.
According to the breakdown of the results, Abubakar got 1,846,370 votes against Amaechi’s 504,117. Hayatu-deen came third with 177,120 votes.
Out of 3,113,599 registered ADC members, 2,527,977 voted in the exercise.
The former vice-president will slug it out with President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and Peter Obi, the consensus candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), in the 2027 presidential election.
