A former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, as a “hurricane” who changed the landscape of Nigerian politics.
Fayose spoke in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday.
Obi finished third in the February 25 presidential elections, polling 6,101,533 votes.
The LP candidate won 12 states — the same amount as the other two top contenders — and scored 25 percent of votes in 16 states.
He added that Obi “exposed so many things” about Nigeria’s electoral process.
“Obi was a man that turned around most of the things in our country. He exposed so many things. Obi came like a hurricane and did what no one had done,” Fayose said.
“I’m not going to come out and condemn anybody. They have gone to court. Then let the court do justice in the matter.
“Lastly, let me join you and everybody in condemning what is not right like the physical attacks on a number of people. But we need to understand that nobody is innocent in this circumstance.”
Obi, alongside Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had filed petitions challenging the victory of Tinubu.
Fayose disagreed with the petitions and said Tinubu won the election “fair and square”.
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