It’s quite interesting for me to find out Obi won in one of my polling units in Borno – Ali Ndume 

As Nigerians prepare for the legal battle that is set to ensue between the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party over the outcome of the highly controversial presidential elections, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Borno lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume has come out to share his thoughts on the claims being made by the latter that he is the rightful winner of the polls conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on February 25, 2023.

 

Speaking during an interview on ARISE TV’s ‘News Night’, Ndume pointed out that though the Labour Party is believed to be non-existent in Borno where he comes from, it was, however, quite interesting for him to find out that Obi defeated the APC in one of his polling units in the state.

 

He said; “While people are claiming that they won the election, they are yet to show how and where they won it. I know, for example, that in my constituency, there are about nine Local Governments. I thought Labour Party was almost not existing there. But then, democracy is quite funny. One interesting thing that happened in one of my polling units called Gava-West is that Obi won there. Even though the votes were around 80 or less than a hundred, Labour Party still won there. And this is quite possible in other parts of the country.

 

“Well, I don’t want to be ‘sub judice’ because the case is still in court. I don’t want to say Peter Obi won because I don’t see how it could have happened, especially when you look at it from the point of view of where I come from. The Labour Party coordinator in Borno is from my local government and is my friend. He knows they didn’t win Borno but maybe they did in other places.”