Ribadu clinches Adamawa ticket as he won in the primary election

Adamawa State governorship election delegates at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Abuja, busted into shout of “Sai Ribadu” as Nuhu Ribadu’s name was announced as the winner of the primary election on Monday.
The party primary was moved to Abuja last Friday at the instance of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the premised that the state is not secured enough to host the exercise.
The event was, however, boycotted by majority of other aspirants who considered the event a nullity.
When the results were read, Ribadu scored 688 votes, Bala James Ngilari pooled 26, Ahmed Moddibbo got 30, Alhaji Awwal Tukur scored 25, Marcus Gundiri got 33, Aliyu Kama got only three votes while two votes were declared invalid.
Flanked by the duo of Professor Iya Abubakar and Jonathan Zwingina to his left and right respectively, the former Czar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) smiled to the repeated call of his name as a leading contestant, relishing his victory.
As the result showed landslide victory for Ribadu, various leaders of the party clustered around him to show their support and express loyalty to the emerging standard flag bearer of the party.