An activist, Mr. Ibrahim Malik-Addo, on Wednesday won the Young Progressives Party (YPP) presidential ticket for the 2023 general elections, IgbereTV reports
Malik-Addo won the party’s presidential primary after polling 66 votes to defeat his only opponent, Mrs. Ruby Chinenye, who garnered four votes.
The Chairman of the party’s Presidential Primary Electoral Committee, Mr. Vidiyeno Bamaiyi, declared Malik-Addo as YPP’s presidential flag bearer at the party’s third national convention held in Abuja.
He congratulated the presidential candidate and advised him to uphold his mandate to the party and Nigerians, if eventually elected as president in 2023.
Bamaiyi said: “We had three aspirants aspiring to fly our party’s flag but along the line, one of them stepped down for reasons best known to him.
“As a party, we must carry on with our activities, and today, we have just witnessed the presidential debate for the two aspirants, followed by the primary.
“A total of 70 delegates were accredited to vote. While Mrs. Ruby Chinenye polled four votes, Prince Malik-Addo pulled 66.
“By the power vested on me as the chairman of the presidential primary electoral committee, I hereby declare Prince Ibrahim Malik-Addo as the winner and the presidential candidate of YPP.”
In his acceptance speech, Malik-Addo thanked the party delegates for voting for him and congratulated his opponent for a brilliant debate
