Delegates have begun voting at the national convention of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Accredited 3,274 delegates will pick a presidential candidate for the party.
One hundred and six delegates from Abia State led the voting
followed by Adamawa delegates.
The election is being closely monitored by the 13 aspirants and their agents.
According to an online by Daily Trust, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe will emerge as presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party.
Dankwambo garnered 68 per cent of all votes cast. A total 17,925 Twitter users participated in the poll which lasted about seven hours.
The poll also featured Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki, and Rabiu Kwankwaso, who had received most votes in various previously conducted polls.
The poll asked, “Who is the best candidate for @OfficialPDPNig [PDP]?” Atiku and Saraki, coming second place, had a total of 11 per cent, while Kwankwaso staggered behind with a slightly lower percentage of 10 per cent.
Dankwambo, 56 years-old and an accountant, is a two-term governor of Gombe State.
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In August, he declared an intention to contest in the 2019 presidential election under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
This, he said, is to enable him “consolidate on the gains of democracy and save the country from hunger and starvation”.
Other presidential contenders in the PDP at the convention now underway in Port Harcourt include Aminu Tambuwwal, Sule Lamido, Kabiru Turaki, Attahiru Bafarawa, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Ahmed Makarfi, Jonah Jang and David Mark.
