Lagos strongman and former Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is projected to win the APC ticket and square up against Atiku Abubakar of the opposition PDP.
TheNewsGuru.com projection shows that Tinunu has taken a huge lead in the votes sorted so far at Eagles Square, Abuja.
Tinubu has been a frontline aspirant for the position and has had turbulent times trying to convince powers that be and the leadership of the ruling party to make him the candidate.
He has had to travel across the country to sell his candidacy to the delegates with campaigns in some states leading to heated arguments on why he should be the right candidate.
Vote counts so far:
Bola Ahmed Tinubu 777
Ahmed Lawan 52
Yemi Osibanjo 112
Rotimi Amaechi 162
Yahaya Bello 21
Dave Umahi 10
Ben Ayade 9
Ahmed Sani 2
Void Votes 7
The total breakdown of states and their respective accredited delegates are as follows:
Abia state – 50
Anambra- 63
Bayelsa- 24
Bauchi- 55
Benue- 64
Borno- 81
Delta- 73
Ekiti- 48
Edo- 54
Ebonyi- 38
Gombe- 33
Imo- 81
Jigawa- 81
Lagos- 60
Plateau- 51
Kebbi- 63
Kwara- 48
Kogi- 63
Kaduna- 61
Kano- 126
Nasarawa- 39
Niger- 75
Ondo- 54
Ogun- 60
Oyo- 99
Osun- 90
Rivers- 69
Sokoto- 69
Taraba- 46
Yobe- 51
Zamfara- 42