Atiku was declared winner of the ADC presidential primary by the party’s Electoral Committee in Abuja after a two-day collation process.
The returning officer for the exercise, Tunde Ogbeha, announced the results late Wednesday night following the conclusion of the collation.
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According to the results, Atiku polled 1,846,370 votes to defeat his closest rivals, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and economist Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
Ogbeha said Amaechi secured 504,117 votes, while Hayatu-Deen garnered 177,120 votes.
The victory positions Atiku as the ADC’s standard bearer ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
This marks the fourth time Atiku has emerged as a presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen have rejected the results and the collation process that produced Atiku as the party’s candidate.
