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PDP convention: Most South-East delegates voted Atiku –Sources
Investigations by our correspondents revealed that the votes of the South – East delegates mostly went to Atiku Abubakar.It was learnt that nearly all delegates from Ebonyi State voted for the former vice -president .
Abubakar and Tambuwal shared the votes of Enugu State delegates , it was gathered.
However , Atiku beat Tambuwal in the allocation of the votes of delegates from Imo , Abia and Anambra states, according to sources among the South – East contingent to the convention .
One of the delegates who did not wish to be named , disclosed that Tambuwal ’ s closeness to some governors in the zone was what prevented Atiku from recording a clean sweep of the votes of the South -East delegates .
“ Most of us from the South – East voted for Atiku Abubakar. I know for a fact that Ebonyi delegates voted massively for him .
“ Atiku got the backing of majority of the delegates from the other states in the zone , although Tambuwal was able to record a considerable number of votes .
“ One of the governors ( in the South -East ) has a close relationship with Tambuwal and that had a major influence on the way delegates from his state voted , otherwise Abubakar would have recorded something approaching a clean sweep of the votes from the zone , ” the delegate said .
The source added that the alleged cash inducement of the delegates by the aspirants before the commencement of voting had no effect on the outcome of the convention .
In the same vein , a former National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party , Ray Nnaji , has hailed Atiku ’ s emergence as the party’ s presidential candidate .
Nnaji , who participated in the convention as a delegate from Enugu State, told one of our correspondents that the former vice -president has what it takes to defeat the incumbent , President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress .
Speaking shortly after the announcement of the results of the exercise , Nnaji said , “ With Atiku ’ s emergence as PDP presidential candidate , Buhari will face a stiff battle in the 2019 presidential election . ”
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