Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged as the winner of the presidential primary of the African Democratic Congress.
The party announced that Atiku secured 1,846,370 votes to defeat his closest challenger, former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi, who garnered 504,117 votes.
Businessman Mohammed Hayatu-Deen finished third in the primary with 177,120 votes.
In his acceptance speech, Atiku praised the party for what he described as a strong display of internal democracy.
“We demonstrated that while democracy is being strangled and squashed by its ruling party and its operatives, democracy is alive and well in the African Democratic Congress,” he said.
He also expressed concern over the challenges confronting opposition parties and political leaders across the country.
