{"id":86081,"date":"2023-04-12T11:33:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T10:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-election-why-tinubus-victory-took-foreign-commentators-by-surprise-fg"},"modified":"2023-04-12T13:01:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T12:01:36","slug":"2023-election-why-tinubus-victory-took-foreign-commentators-by-surprise-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-election-why-tinubus-victory-took-foreign-commentators-by-surprise-fg","title":{"rendered":"2023 election: Why Tinubu\u2019s victory took foreign commentators by surprise \u2013 FG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Many foreign commentators were surprised by the outcome of the 2023 Nigerian Presidential election due to their wrong mindset before the polls, the Federal Government has said.<\/p>\n

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, disclosed this in London during his meeting with some international media organisations and Think Tanks.<\/p>\n

Mohammed is in London to defend the legitimacy of the 2023 presidential poll and correct certain narratives regarding the elections.<\/p>\n

He said some of the commentators had the wrong mindset that the Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, would win the election.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the course of my interactions, particularly with the Economist, I referred them to an earlier article they wrote, in which they rated the Labour Party Presidential candidate as the front runner in the polls,\u201d Mohammed said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI explained to them that there was no way a presidential candidate who has no political spread and a grassroots base could win an election in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, not only that the candidate must have the plurality of votes, he must also have one-quarter of the total vote cast in at least twenty-five states of the federation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at the results, only the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, met these requirements,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cObi came far behind with 25 percent in fifteen states. This means that Obi, who was wrongly adjudged as a front runner in the election, was virtually unknown and unpopular in twenty-two states,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, is expected to be sworn in as Nigeria\u2019s next new president on May 29.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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