Buhari wins APC presidential primary, faces Jonathan in 2015
DECEMBER 11, 2014 BY OUR CORREPONDENT 116 COMMENTS
Former Head of State, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday won the All Progressives Congress presidential primary at the party's national convention in Lagos, beating four other contenders.
Buhari polled 3,430 votes to beat Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who scored 974 votes, to the second position while former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, got 954 votes to occupy the third position.
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, garnered 624 votes to stay in the fourth position and the Publisher, Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, brought up the rear with 10 votes.
Buhari, , who had equally contested the presidential election in the past, will face President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party in the presidential election in February, 2015.
Jonathan Zovoe
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