The Reason Why Peter Obi Defeated Tinubu In Abuja – Senator-Elect Kingibe

 

Senator-elect Ireti Kingibe said the reason why the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, won in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) because it is difficult to rig in the city.

She noted that even in the past before BVAS was introduced it has always been difficult to rig elections in the state capital.

Speaking via an interview on Arise TV on Friday, Kingibe noted that the LP worked hard to make sure Obi polled over 25 percent of the votes in the FCT.

She said “FCT is unique in that 75 percent of the electorate is you and I. Even the days of big card readers and even the days when we were using paper voter cards, FCT has always been a very difficult place to rig at the polling units,” she said.

“Now, even in these elections, there were so many irregularities, a lot of places where I could also come and say ‘Yes, I won and I won by a huge margin’ but there were so many places where there was irregularities and rigging. I think my votes would have been a lot more but at the end of the day you can only do those things at the collation center.

“The results at the polling unit are still there but we had such a huge support that there’s no need squabbling over a few votes so most people do know that the FCT is different. You cannot influence the electorate, you cannot force them, you cannot shoot them, the embassies are there, the observers, most of them are there and that’s the truth of the matter.”

Speaking further Kinigbe opined that the Independent National Electoral Commission went against the constitution by declaring the President-elect, Bola Tinubu the winner of the election.

“It’s always been understood that every presidential candidate must win 25% in the FCT, it is in the constitution, and it’s always been understood.

“Now, if things are being said that you need to brush aside that constitutional requirement, well, that’s news to us because we worked hard to make sure that the Labour Party president got at least that 25 percent or more because we knew we had to have it right