A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu, Saturday emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 26, 2016 governorship election.
Akeredolu, who was the candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2012 governorship election, scored 669 votes in the primary election held at the International Event Centre, Akure.
He defeated Dr. Segun Abraham, the anointed candidate of a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, who polled 635; while Chief Olusola Oke came third, scoring 583. Senator Ajayi Boroffice came forth with 471 votes.
Twenty-four aspirants initially contested the poll but Dr. Paul Akintelure was later announced to have officially stepped down.
Electoral Committee Chairman, and Jigawa State Governor, Muhammed Abubakar, said a total of 2,744 voters were accredited.
The exercise was conducted under tight security as thousands of security agents from the Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps as well as men of the Directorate of Security Services were deployed in Akure to maintain law and order.
