Mr Tinubu scored 1,271 votes to beat Mr Lawan and other aspirants at the APC convention that concluded today in Abuja.
The results were announced as the final collation got underway at the Eagle Square venue of the APC presidential convention.
The 2023 elections will be a referendum on the failed policies of the administration,” Mr Abubakar said on Twitter late Tuesday.
The Delta governor said only God could truncate his plan, and he has no problems with God.
The score was 570 to five votes.
He stepped down on Saturday.
The open-secret ballot system will be used during the exercise, which is being coordinated by former Senate President David Mark.
We erroneously published a spoof statement that purportedly emanated from the Nigerian presidency.
Abdulrasheed Maina was jailed on Monday.
Mr Soludo leads by 52,624 votes, far below the 148,407 registered voters in Ihiala LGA. But with 10 per cent turnout seen so far, observers have concluded APGA’s imminent victory.
