Peter Obi, the flag bearer of the Labour Party has said that he is surprised he did not win the 2023 presidential election in Anambra state by 100 per cent. Speaking on Arise Television interview on Monday, March 13, the former governor of Anambra state said he was confident that his people were 100 per cent behind his ambition to become Nigeria’s president.
He said: “If you want to know whether I will get 95 per cent in Anambra state, come and go to Anambra state with me, I don’t need police.
“When I come out, you will see the reaction of the people. In fact, I am actually surprised I didn’t get 100 per cent. I am telling you because I don’t know 100 will be voting against me in Anambra state.” Peter Obi’s Labour Party garnered a total of 584,621 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) tagged along with 9,036; 7,388 and 5,111 votes respectively.
“The total number of registered voters is 2,536,156, and accredited voters are 628,590.” At the end of the election, Anambra State had the total valid votes of 613,861 while void votes were 10,751 and the total votes cast were 624,612.
Peter Obi, also said that he is surprised he did not gather all the votes in Anambra, his home state Obi also debunked the claim that he rigged elections in some parts of the southeast region of Nigeria during the 2023 presidential poll According to the former governor, he also won in Aso Rock – the seat of power – where he had no influence or machinery to work in his favour
Peter Obi, the flag bearer of the Labour Party also said that he is surprised he did not win the 2023 presidential election in Anambra state by 100 per cent. Speaking on Arise Television interview on Monday, March 13, the former governor of Anambra state said he was confident that his people were 100 per cent behind his ambition to become Nigeria’s president. Peter Obi denied claims making round that he rigged elections in some parts of the southeast region.
He said: “If you want to know whether I will get 95 per cent in Anambra state, come and go to Anambra state with me, I don’t need police. “When I come out, you will see the reaction of the people. In fact, I am actually surprised I didn’t get 100 per cent. I am telling you because I don’t know who will be voting against me in Anambra state.” Peter Obi’s Labour Party garnered a total of 584,621 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) tagged along with 9,036; 7,388 and 5,111 votes respectively. Announcing the resulting Awka, Anambra state’s capital city, Professor Nnenna Otti, the vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), who served as the Anambra State Collation Officer said: READ ALSO
“The total number of registered voters is 2,536,156, and accredited voters are 628,590.” At the end of the election, Anambra State had the total valid votes of 613,861 while void votes were 10,751 and the total votes cast were 624,612. Speaking further at the interview monitored by Legit, Peter Obi debunked the claim that he and his party rigged the election in his areas of strength, the southeast. He said he is known in the southeast and all over the country know him and for what he stands for.
He added: “In the southeast, it is a similar situation, people know me, people know what I stand for, people know I have kept my promises. People know I’ve kept to what I have said. “It is a simple thing, people go about and say, oh! he got votes in Lagos because of the Igbos, and I ask how many Igbos live in Lagos? I got more votes from indigenes in Lagos than those who you can call visitors. Are the Igbos in Nasarawa, are the Igbos in Plateau, are the Igbos in Abuja.
