The immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has urged other aspirants who vied for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket to come together and work for the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general election.

Amaechi, however, congratulated the former Lagos State Governor on his emergence as the APC’s flag bearer at the just concluded presidential primaries of the ruling party.

The former governor of Rivers State made this known via a statement issued by the chairman of his presidential campaign media committee, Kingsley Wenenda Wali, on Wednesday.

The Star had reported that Tinubu polled 1,271 votes out of the 2,303 accredited delegates to emerge as the ruling party’s presidential candidate.

The governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, who is the Chairman of the Election Planning Committee, declared the APC chieftain as the winner of the party’s presidential primaries held at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Wednesday.

Amaechi garnered 316 votes to come second in the primaries.

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo came third with 235 votes, while Senate President Ahmad Lawan came fourth with 152 votes.

However, the former minster called on all the aspirants to put the outcome of the primary election behind them and work for the victory of Tinubu and APC in the 2023 polls.

The statement partly read: “We acknowledge that his victory follows a highly charged contest, which as expected, could only produce one winner.

“It is, therefore, our hope that following the emergence of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as our party’s presidential candidate, all aspirants will now close ranks and work hard to ensure our party’s victory at the 2023 presidential election.

“We thank all who in many remarkable ways supported the Presidential aspiration of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi and urge them to see the outcome of the primaries as a victory for democracy, which signposts the maturity and evolution of the political culture of Africa’s largest democracy, Nigeria.”

The Star