President Goodluck Jonathan has clinched the Peoples Democratic (PDP) presidential ticket at the primaries held at the Eagles Square in Abuja.Jonathan was coasting home to victory as at the press time early this morning, having defeated his main challenger, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in all the states which votes have been counted.
The only female contestant, Mrs. Sarah Jibril took the rear.
Shocker came from Adamawa, Atiku’s home state which he lost to Jonathan 31 to 76 votes. Three votes were voided in the state.
It has been widely expected that Atiku would win majority votes of the delegates from his home state, but the contrary happened. The vote counting began with Abia State, which President Jonathan also won with a wide margin of 80 votes to one scored by the former vice president.
The same scenario played out in Akwa Ibom State where Jonathan secured 141votes while Atiku had no vote.
Also in Anambra, Jonathan beat Atiku by 47 to eight votes. The void votes were recorded.
In Bayelsa State, it was total victory for President Jonathan as he won all the 67 votes cast leaving no single vote for other two contenders in the race. But in Bauchi, the President won by a narrow margin of 46 votes to Atiku’s 44. Five votes were voided.
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