February 25, (THEWILL) – Presidential Candidate of Labour Party(LP) Peter Obi, was defeated at President Olusegun Obasanjo Polling Unit in the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
Recalled that the former president anointed Obi as his preferred candidate ahead the presidential election
Shortly after counting the valid votes at Obasanjo’s Polling Unit at Ward 11, Unit 22, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinub, with 56 votes defeated Obi.
Giving the breakdown of the votes, Obi scored 9 votes, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar scored 7, while Tinubu polled 56 as the highest votes cast.
The voided votes in the polling unit were more than the individual votes of both Atiku and Obi as 10 votes were voided.
In a twist to the results at the polling unit, the PDP scored 31 votes, while the APC scored 37 votes for the Senate.
Obi’s Labour Party only scored 1 vote for the Senate.
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