Atiku Abubakar has been presented a certificate of return by the Peoples Democratic Party after he emerged as the party’s 2023 presidential candidate last Saturday.
Atiku polled 371 votes to defeat his closest contender Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, who polled 237 votes.
In a brief ceremony today, the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, presented the certificate to Atiku at the NEC Hall, PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja.
Those present at the event were members of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), governors, governorship candidates, presidential aspirants, and members of the Board of Trustees of the party.
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Presentation of Certificate of Return to the just elected @OfficialPDPNig Presidential Candidate, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, GCON.
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— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) June 1, 2022
Others present at the ceremony are members of the National Assembly, all other candidates of the party and all critical stakeholders in the party.
I have just arrived at the Wadata Plaza, headquarters of the @OfficialPDPNig, to collect the Certificate of Return as the presidential candidate of our great party, the PDP. A significant step toward creating One Nigeria. -AA
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) June 1, 2022
