Nigeria, May 27 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has opened a wide lead in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primaries as the party adjourned collation of results to 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

Results announced from 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) showed Atiku polling over a million votes ahead of other contenders.

A tally of the results announced from the 26 regions shows that Atiku has polled a total of 1,390,276 votes so far, far ahead of the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who has secured 248,455 votes and former banker Mohammed Hayatu-Ddeen, who has polled 156,075 votes.

Messrs Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen have, in separate statements, rejected the results even before the collation...