A two-day National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will start today (Saturday) and end on Sunday.
The main opposition party will be electing its presidential candidate to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2019 presidential election.
There are 13 aspirants jostling for the sole ticket of the party in the primaries that will be held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The PDP has settled for the indirect mode of primaries to pick its candidate.
Among the aspirants hoping to grasp the party’s single ticket are former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal; former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso; A two-time Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, and a former Minister of Education and two-time Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau.
Others are two-time Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi: Attahiru Bafarawa, a former governor of Sokoto state; the Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo; a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki; A former member of the House of Representatives, Datti Baba-Ahmed; the immediate past President of the Senate, David Mark; and a former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah David Jang.
DAILY POST brings you the live update of events as they unfold at the Rivers State capital.
12:00 pm
BREAKING: Atiku Abubakar emerges PDP presidential candidate
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged winner of the People Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate ahead of the 2019 general elections.
As at the time of report, Atiku had already polled over 800 votes ahead of his closest rival, Aminu Tambuwal who polled 693 votes.
Meanwhile, counting is still on.
Details later…
11:35 am
Aminu Tambuwal gets 693 delegates’ votes
11:24 am
Alhaji Sule Lamido 96 votes
Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso gets 158 votes
Senator Bukola Saraki 317 votes
Alh Dankwanbo 111 votes
Ahmed makarfi 74 votes
Datti Ahmed 5 votes
Alh Bafarawa 48 votes
Kabiru Turaki 65 votes
Sen David Mark 35
Jang:19
11:16 am
After counting, Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso gets 158 votes
10:48 am
NO VOTE YET FOR JANG
Over 80 percent of the votes have been sorted so far and Jonah Jang is yet to get any. His ballot box remains empty.
9:53 am
Atiku overtakes Tambuwal as counting continues
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has overtaken the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal in the race for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential ticket.
Atiku’s agent, Deuben Oniyan, has received more ballot papers from the ongoing sorting of votes than Tambuwal.
Tambuwal was initialy in the lead until the turn of events
9:23 am
Kogi 94 but 93 voted
Kwara 102
Lagos 64
Nasarawa 62
Niger 83
Ondo 64
Osun 88
Ogun 21
Oyo 88 but 87 voted
Plateau 76 but only 74 voted
Rivers 131
Sokoto 95
Taraba 93
Yobe 59 but only 58 voted
Zamfara 48
TOTAL DELEGATES ACCREDITED AT THE CONVENTION 3,274
9:00 am
THE PDP PRESIDENTIAL FLAG-BEARER TO BE UNVEILED SOON: VOTING COMPLETED AND SORTING ONGOING
NUMBER OF DELEGATES THAT VOTED PER STATE:
Abia 106
Adamawa 76
Akwa Ibom 153 but 151 voted
Anambra 54
Bauchi 73
Bayelsa 74
Benue 121
Borno 57
Cross Rivers 95
Delta 141
Edo 79
Eboyin 101
Enugu 121
Ekiti 109 but 107 voted
Gombe 89
Kaduna 103
Kano 129 but 128 voted
Imo 117 but 104 voted
FCT 36 but 35 voted
Jigawa 84
Katsina 102 but 101 voted
Kebbi 68 but 65 voted
7:09 am
Sorting, counting of votes begins
Counting and sorting of delegates’ votes have commenced in ernest.
The aspirants and delegates now await the result of the elective National Convention holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
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