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APC Primary: Osinbajo Leaves Venue as Tinubu’s Lead Widens

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has left the venue of the ongoing presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja, as former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu maintains his lead in the ongoing counting of delegates’ votes.

With more than half of the ballot boxes used for voting already sorted out, at the time of this report, Tinubu already had 50 percent of the votes.

The sorting involves the mentioning of the name of the candidate on each of the ballot papers as selected by the voter.

Other candidates who have gotten significant votes are ex-transport minister Rotimi Amaechi, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Ahmad Lawan.

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