By Deji Elumoye in Abuja The build up to the 2019 presidential polls in the country saw all the 71 presidential candidates canvassing for the votes of eligible Nigerians since campaign began in December 2018 in line with the electoral time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). But apart from the two …
The build up to the 2019 presidential polls in the country saw all the 71 presidential candidates canvassing for the votes of eligible Nigerians since campaign began in December 2018 in line with the electoral time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission .
But apart from the two major candidates- Muhammadu Buhari of the Peoples Democratic Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party - some other candidates also put up brilliant campaigns especially with the opening up of the electoral space.
The official result showed that Duke of SDP scored 34,746 votes, Sowore of AAC 33,953 votes, Moghalu of YPP 21,886 votes, Durotoye of ANN 16,779 votes and Ezekwesili of ACPN 7,223 votes.The smaller parties and their presidential candidates may not be victorious in the 2019 presidential polls but they have kick-started the rebirth of our electoral process. In the just concluded presidential election, they came, they saw and they made significant impact.
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