PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU SECURES 207,579 VOTES TO WIN APC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN EBONYI
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By: Muftau Fatimo
President Bola Tinubu recorded a landslide victory in the All Progressives Congress presidential primary held in Ebonyi State on Saturday, polling all 207,579 valid votes cast across the state’s 13 local government areas, while his challenger, Stanley Osifo, failed to secure any vote.
The primary election, conducted simultaneously across 171 wards and the 13 local government areas, witnessed a large turnout of party members and leaders, highlighting the APC’s strong presence in the state.
Declaring the results in Abakaliki, Francis Nwifuru, who served as the State Collation Officer, said the party had a total membership strength of 215,490, with 207,579 members accredited and participating in the exercise.
According to the declared results, Tinubu polled 15,673 votes in Abakaliki Local Government Area, 10,718 in Afikpo North, 10,713 in Ohaozara, 16,413 in Ebonyi, 11,694 in Edda, 11,928 in Ohaukwu, 19,088 in Ezza South, 19,341 in Ikwo, 17,501 in Izzi, 8,406 in Ivo, 19,160 in Ishielu, 25,453 in Ezza North, 18,300 in Afikpo South and 13,896 in Onicha Local Government Area.
Nwifuru certified the outcome as a true and accurate reflection of the results collated from across the state, commending party members for what he described as a peaceful, transparent and orderly exercise.
Minister of Works, David Umahi, while addressing party faithful during the primary at his Umunaga Ward in Uburu, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state, expressed confidence that Tinubu would completely tackle Nigeria’s insecurity challenges within the next five years if re-elected in 2027.
Umahi described Ebonyi as a stronghold of the APC, insisting that the people of the state had resolved to remain loyal to the ruling party and the Tinubu administration.
“Ebonyi State is totally APC. We are only APC,” the minister declared, adding that there was practically no opposition presence in Ohaozara Local Government Area.
He said the massive turnout of party members for the primary demonstrated the confidence and trust Nigerians reposed in Tinubu’s leadership and reform agenda.
According to Umahi, the Tinubu administration had succeeded in integrating the South-East into the mainstream of national politics through strategic appointments and key infrastructure projects spread across the region.
“Bola Tinubu is the kind of leader the South-East has long desired a man who has carried the region along through key appointments and critical infrastructure projects,” he said.
“I find it amusing when people complain about the hardship resulting from the reforms. No one has been able to explain what the state of Nigeria would have been without those measures,” David Umahi added.
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