Lagos ex-governor wins Nigerian ruling party’s nomination

By CHINEDU ASADU
Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A former governor of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, has been nominated to be the ruling party’s presidential candidate in next year’s presidential election. Bola Tinubu is widely referred to as the “godfather” of Lagos because of his influence in the southwestern state that he governed from 1999 to 2007. He polled a majority of the votes on Wednesday at the convention of the All Progressives Congress party. More than 2,300 delegates voted in the convention in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Nigeria’s presidential election will be held in February 2023. It could be a two-horse race between Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar, who again clinched the nomination of the Peoples Democratic Party.