{"id":19479,"date":"2022-06-09T12:05:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odidiomo.com\/news\/?p=19479"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:08:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:08:37","slug":"atiku-congratulates-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/odidiomo.com\/news\/atiku-congratulates-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku congratulates Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has praised Bola Tinubu for securing the All Progressives Congress\u2019 Presidential ticket on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tinubu triumphed in the ruling party\u2019s primary with a total of 1271 votes beating his closest rival, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 316 votes. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo finished third with 235 votes.<br \/>Atiku took to his Twitter handle to send out a congratulatory message to the former governor of Lagos and praised his tenacity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongratulations, @officialABAT, on your emergence as your party\u2019s presidential candidate,\u201d the tweet read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has been a hard-fought contest, but that you prevailed confirms your tenacity.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atiku beat the likes of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki to represent the PDP as its Presidential candidate in the 2023 elections<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">75-year-old scored 371 votes. His closest challenger, Wike, polled 237 votes, while Saraki polled 70 votes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be Atiku\u2019s sixth attempt for the nation\u2019s top job.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has praised Bola Tinubu for securing the All Progressives Congress\u2019 Presidential ticket on Wednesday. Tinubu triumphed in the ruling party\u2019s primary with a total of 1271 votes beating his closest rival, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 316 votes. Vice President, Yemi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Atiku congratulates Tinubu - ODIDI OMO - News Portal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has praised Bola Tinubu for securing the APC....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/odidiomo.com\/news\/atiku-congratulates-tinubu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atiku congratulates Tinubu - 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