Iyorchia Ayu, a former senate president, has emerged winner of the national chairmanship election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ayu, who was earlier adopted as the consensus candidate for the position, won the election unchallenged with 3,426 votes.
Taofeek Arapaja, a former deputy governor of Oyo state, has also emerged national deputy chairman (south).
Arapaja polled 2,004 votes to defeat Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former governor of Osun state, who scored 705 votes.
Umar Damagum, former governorship candidate of Yobe state polled 2,222 to beat Inna Ciroma, former minister of women affairs from Borno state who garnered 365 votes, for the position of the national deputy chairman (north).
Muhammed Suleiman from Kaduna scored 3,072 votes to beat Usman Elkudan, also from Kaduna, who scored 219 for the position of youth leader.
Only three out of the 21 national working committee positions (NWC) were contested, while consensus candidates were adopted for the remaining positions.
