RTD. Major Umar Hamza Al-Mustapha

Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has clinched the presidential ticket of the People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN). According to the Chairman, PPN Presidential Primary Elections Committee, Mr. Dare Adekolu, Al-Mustapha won with 3,564,262 votes to beat Dr. Imuetinyan Igbinnosa, who garnered 2,183,856 votes and Chief Isiaka Olorunnimbe who polled 1,400,755 votes. Adekolu who collated election results from the 36 states and the FCT at the PPN Presidential Primaries/2018 National Convention which held in Ado Ekiti, declared Al-Mustapha as the party’s presidential candidate.