Renowned civil rights activist and founder of the Reset Nigeria Initiative, Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim, on Wednesday, won the presidential primary of the Young Progressives Party.
He polled 66 votes to defeat his rival, Mrs Ruby Issac, with four votes.
Though there were about 74 accredited delegates, only 70 voted.
A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Adamu Garba, had been scheduled to be part of the YPP presidential aspirants but withdrew from the race, saying that he suspended his ambitions to unite the youths.
Giving his brief remarks afterwards, Ado-Ibrahim, urged Nigerians to put away religious and ethnic diversity, for collective development.
“YPP has a goal candidate and we will bring everybody along, all Nigerians will come with me on this mission. Those that need education, employment, we will give it to them. A country without education, innovation and technology is a wasteland and I intend to change that,” he noted.
Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim is one of the owners/principals of the Formula One Team, Arrows.
Formula One, or more commonly known as F1, is the most sophisticated series in world motorsports. Formula One, pits the “so-called” best drivers from around the world against one another, incorporating the highest expression of racing technology, action, glamour, style, and prestige at famous road and street circuits from around the globe.
Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim is a Black man… A Black man who is also a prince- the son of a Nigerian King. Prince Malik, educated at a private school in England, graduated from a British military academy, and is the holder of a master’s degree in marketing from the University of Southern California. I might add that I am too an alumnus of USC. I too have received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and marketing.”Fight On, Trojans!!!”
Prince Malik, along with investment bank Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, owns 50% of the $285 million Arrows Team. Malik has invested more than $70 million into the team. He is a very clever businessman who believes that within three years Arrows F1 business will be worth $1.5 billion to $2 billion…