3 Major Reasons Peter Obi Defeated Tinubu in Lagos As Stated by Gov. Sanwo-Olu

Date: 14-03-2023 10:53 pm (2 weeks ago) | Author: kacy lee
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Following the February 25 presidential election, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has explained the main reasons Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), lost to Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the state.

Before the election, it was believed that Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos, would defeat Obi in the state by a landslide.

Lagos since 1999 has been Tinubu’s political stronghold. He's the main political godfather whose party has been ruling the state for over two decades.

Interestingly, despite his political power and popularity in Lagos, he lost to Obi in the state in the February 25 presidential election. The former governor of Anambra state polled 582,454 votes, while trailed behind him with 572, 606 votes.

Obi’s victory in Lagos has put Tinubu’s political structure in the state to the test as residents of the state prepare for the March 11 governorship and house of assembly election.

However, while speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, Sanwo-Olu identified three major reasons Obi defeated Tinubu in Lagos.

According to him, the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket played a role in Tinubu’s loss to Obi. Sanwo-Olu said Lagos has a lot of Christian population and many of them voted for the LP candidate, who is also a Christian.

The governor also identified ethnicity as one of the factors that worked against Tinubu in the election. He said some voters in Lagos voted for Obi because he belongs to their ethnic group.

“Some people said that from their own ethnic nationality, this is the first time they’re having a son on the ballot. He is good, he’s not good, na my picking and I’m going to go ahead and deal with it. So we cannot force anybody if that’s the beauty of democracy”, Sanwo-Olu said.

He submitted that the third reason Tinubu lost to Obi was due to the party’s crisis in Lagos. The governor said the APC in Lagos failed to resolve its internal wrangling before the election.

“The third reason is that we ourselves have our own internal wrangling and we have our internal issues that we were not able to resolve or we haven’t resolved fully before we went into the election”, Sanwo-Olu said.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu as the winner of the election on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, but the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected the result of the election citing irregularities.

Posted: at 14-03-2023 10:53 PM (2 weeks ago) | Addicted Hero
- gogoman at 14-03-2023 11:08 PM (2 weeks ago)
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Lagos is not NIGERIA
Posted: at 14-03-2023 11:08 PM (2 weeks ago) | Grande Master
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- Allsense at 15-03-2023 04:08 AM (2 weeks ago)
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Na this statistics dey make una fail. So for your mind na only Igbo and christians vote for Obi for Lagos abi? Mtchew
Posted: at 15-03-2023 04:08 AM (2 weeks ago) | Gistmaniac
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- mirolam at 15-03-2023 05:46 AM (2 weeks ago)
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See stupid response. The moment you realize that those who voted mostly for OBI are not of the same ethnicity as him, then maybe Sanwo Iku could have a chance at this governorship election. The reason you may not be re-elected is because you have political godfathers that would not allow you rule Lagos independently with integrity as you have to submit their daily share to them. That “share”comes from Lagos tax payer’s pocket and lekki toll gate. Same money that you could use to build infrastructure and create a good name for yourself. The only reason you and APC would be voted out is because the entire lagosians are tired of political godfathers and Agbero that is like a cancer that won’t go away and sucked life out of lagos city.

I don’t blame you because you have sold your soul and allegiance in order to be a governor. Some of us have not sold our souls hence we can see clearly. That’s why when you see some response to common sense question. It’s quite appalling. They live by those standards because their foundation and entire existence is built on falsehood. They know no other way. They also cannot understand how others have integrity and truth to their names. It’s so alien to them and see truth and integrity as foolishness. Quite sad because their mind is so messed up and only Jesus can help you if you want. They laugh and give stupid response to questions when they should be putting both their hands on their heads and crying woe over how messed up their minds are.
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- Jiiitk4 at 15-03-2023 07:15 AM (2 weeks ago)
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Quote from: Allsense on 15-03-2023 04:08 AM
Na this statistics dey make una fail. So for your mind na only Igbo and christians vote for Obi for Lagos abi? Mtchew
Don't mind them my brother. He lost to a better candidate. Lagosians have come to realize that Lagos belongs to Lagosians and not to a particular individual. Besides, he isn't REAL.
Posted: at 15-03-2023 07:15 AM (2 weeks ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kp45 at 15-03-2023 08:36 AM (2 weeks ago)
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What a useless and baseless reasons. Lagos isn't for one person and which the people try to correct. I know they will want to fight by all means seeing how it played out during the presidential election but then APC isn't for Lagos and Lagos isn't for APC.
Posted: at 15-03-2023 08:36 AM (2 weeks ago) | Hero
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- SweetDaddy1 at 15-03-2023 08:54 AM (2 weeks ago)
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Quote from: mirolam on 15-03-2023 05:46 AM
See stupid response. The moment you realize that those who voted mostly for OBI are not of the same ethnicity as him, then maybe Sanwo Iku could have a chance at this governorship election. The reason you may not be re-elected is because you have political godfathers that would not allow you rule Lagos independently with integrity as you have to submit their daily share to them. That “share”comes from Lagos tax payer’s pocket and lekki toll gate. Same money that you could use to build infrastructure and create a good name for yourself. The only reason you and APC would be voted out is because the entire lagosians are tired of political godfathers and Agbero that is like a cancer that won’t go away and sucked life out of lagos city.

I don’t blame you because you have sold your soul and allegiance in order to be a governor. Some of us have not sold our souls hence we can see clearly. That’s why when you see some response to common sense question. It’s quite appalling. They live by those standards because their foundation and entire existence is built on falsehood. They know no other way. They also cannot understand how others have integrity and truth to their names. It’s so alien to them and see truth and integrity as foolishness. Quite sad because their mind is so messed up and only Jesus can help you if you want. They laugh and give stupid response to questions when they should be putting both their hands on their heads and crying woe over how messed up their minds are.
Truth is sweeter than honey.
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- ManBongoMan at 15-03-2023 11:52 AM (2 weeks ago)
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FEAR OF OBIDIENT HAS BECOME THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM IN NIGERIA. TINUBU DID NOT WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA.
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