Mr Abubakar, a retired customs office and Nigeria’s vice-president from 1999 to 2007, won the most votes from the 767 delegates accredited for the convention.
Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
The meeting got underway at about 10:30 p.m., an official said.
The late Assistant Inspector-General of Police will be laid to rest between June 8 to 10 in Makurdi, Benue state.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers says Peter Obi’s dumping of the Peoples Democratic Party few days before the party’s primary elections.
The frontline presidential aspirant feared he might be humiliated at the opposition party’s convention this weekend, Peoples Gazette heard.
Out of the $8.6 million Mr Dolarian received from the Nigerian government, the FBI seized over $6 million that remained in his account.
His membership in the ruling party, however, is likely to keep generating anger amongst Nigerians and foreign investors who believe the CBN should be an independent institution.
“Let no one fool you. This is what goes on nationwide and in all parties. Only the stakes differ,” Mr Okupe pointed out. “This practice is not sustainable.
The police stressed that offenders who change vehicle colour without approval would pay a N3,000 fine or spend six months in jail and in other cases, would do both.
