The 2023 general elections was predicted to spring surprises, as was expected, a number of politicians participating in the 2023 general elections failed to deliver their polling units.
The failure of these politicians will not
only affect their chances in the polls; it will rub off on those of their
parties.
Here is the list of these big names and where
they lost: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Obasanjo failed to deliver his polling unit
for Peter Obi in Ogun state and lost the presidential election by nine votes,
while Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu claimed 56 votes.
Abdullahi Adamu The national chairman of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, lost his polling unit to the
Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in Nasarawa state on
Saturday, February 25.
While he got 85 votes, Obi came ahead of him
with 132 votes. Governor Godwin Obaseki Governor Obaseki of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) failed to deliver his polling unit in Oredo local
government area, Ward 4, Unit 19, Emokpae Model Primary School for Atiku
Abubakar.
He lost to Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP)
who polled a total of 105 votes. In the polling unit, the PDP scored 55 votes
to emerge second as Tinubu took third place with 27 votes.
Datti Baba-Ahmed Obi's running mate, Datti
Baba-Ahmed, lost his polling unit to the PDP's Atiku in polling unit 021 at
Tudun Wada ward, in Zaria LGA of Kaduna state. PDP secured 102 votes to win the
polling unit, followed by the APC with 98 votes. The LP came third with 54
votes and the NNPP polled 11 votes.
Akin Osuntokun: Obi's campaign council
director-general, Osuntokun, failed to deliver his polling unit to the LP.
According to the results, the APC secured
14,516 votes, while the LP scored 391 votes. Meanwhile, in the polling unit,
the PDP garnered 4,318 votes, while New Nigeria People’s Party got 10 votes.
Senate President Ahmed Lawan Lawan lost his polling unit in Katuzu Primary School polling unit 001B., Gashua in Yobe, to Atiku and failed to deliver to Tinubu.
As shown in the results, Tinubu got 107
votes, and Atiku won with 186. For the senatorial election, Lawan, got 114
votes while the PDP senatorial candidate got 219, and the New Nigeria’s People
Party polled 11 votes.
Boss Mustapha Secretary to the Government of
the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha lost in his polling unit. This was as Atiku
polled 90 votes while Mustapha had 40 votes. Labour Party polled 23 votes.
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