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APC Presidential Primary: Tinubu’s Imminent Coronation on June 7

In my last article titled “ 7 Days to APC’s Presidential Primary: Who’s for whom?”, published May 22 nd before the primary was later postponed, I narrowed down the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary contest to 4 serious aspirants out of the 23 that submitted their presidential nomination and expression of interest forms, namely: Senator Bola Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Kayode Fayemi. In the referenced article, I projected the results of the primaries as reproduced herein: “ After all said and done, the projected result of the APC presidential primary will look like this: Tinubu—1,227 votes (52.8%), Amaechi—192 votes (8.2%), Osinbajo—154 votes (6.6%), Badaru—147 votes (6.3%), Lawan—128 votes (5.5%), Akpabio—93 votes (4.0%), Mokelu—63 votes (2.7%), Bello—60 votes (2.6%), Fayemi—56 votes (2.4%), Ayade—54 votes (2.3%), Nnamani—51 votes (2.2%), Umahi—39 votes (1.7%), Onu—26 votes (1.1%), Okorocha—16 votes (0.7%) and Nwaj