The claim made by former presidential candidate Peter Obi that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earned votes from fewer than 10% of Nigerians has been directly contested by Senator Adams Oshiomhole of Edo North.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
The claim made by former presidential candidate Peter Obi that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earned votes from fewer than 10% of Nigerians has been directly contested by Senator Adams Oshiomhole of Edo North.In an interview with Channels TV, Oshiomhole prefaced his critique with personal acknowledgment: “Now, my dear friend, Peter Obi, knows that I have personal respect for him. When I was governor, I invited him, and he honored me by coming to Edo to commission some of the red roof schools we were building to restore some integrity to basic education.”
The senator then shifted to challenge Obi’s electoral mathematics: “However, I heard him now talking about the number of people who vote in an election in Nigeria. How many people voted in Anambra that made my friend, Peter Obi, become Governor of Anambra State?”
Questioning the basis for Obi’s statistical claims, Oshiomhole pressed: “You’re talking about Nigeria’s voting population being 30%, 25%, or whatever. Are these things governed by opinion, or are they governed by express provision, either the Nigerian Constitution or subsequent enactment by the National Assembly on election?”
The senator concluded with a pointed logical challenge about the conflicting post-election claims by both Atiku and Peter Obi: “Now, let me ask you, is it possible for two people to win an election? Obi went to court to say he won the election; Atiku went to court to say he won the election. One of them must be lying ab-initio; can two people validly win one election that requires one person?”.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
