Al-Mustapha emerges AA presidential candidate

Dr Hamza Al-Mustapha of the Action Alliance (AA) has won the party’s presidential primary. Al-Mustapha won the election with a total of 506 votes through an option-A voting process against its only opponent, Mr Samson Odupitam, who polled 216 votes. He was declared as the party’s presidential flag bearer at the AA Special National Convention/Presidential […]

Dr Hamza Al-Mustapha of the Action Alliance (AA) has won the party’s presidential primary.

Al-Mustapha won the election with a total of 506 votes through an option-A voting process against its only opponent, Mr Samson Odupitam, who polled 216 votes.

He was declared as the party’s presidential flag bearer at the AA Special National Convention/Presidential Primary Election held yesterday in Abuja.

Earlier, Sen. Tunde Anifowose and Amb. Felix Osakwe stepped down from the presidential race for Al-Mustapha, whom they described as most popular and powerful amongst other aspirants.

A total of 851 delegates were accredited and 721 votes were cast.

The chairman, AA presidential electoral committee, declared Al-Mustapha the winner of the election.

He said that the exercise that led to his emergence as the party flag bearer was one worthy of emulation by other parties.

“I congratulate those who contested and those who withdrew; this election exercise is an indicator that we are united and united we stand.

“The process is over now but the experience is there not to divide us, but to bind us together; so, let us work together to emerge more victorious come 2023,” he said.

Responding, Al-Mustapha thanked the party’s National Electoral Committee for a transparent, free, fair, credible and peaceful conduct of the election.

He urged supporters of the party not to relent in ensuring that AA emerged victorious in 2023 polls. (NAN)