Tinubu defeats Peter Obi, Atiku in Obasanjo polling unit

In the voting district where former president Olusegun Obasanjo supported Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has triumphed.

Ateokuta North LG of Ogun State, Unit 2, Ward 11, Olushomi compound, Totoro – Sokori area, Tinubu received 56 votes, Obi received nine, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seven.

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Only 91 of the 693 registered voters were eligible to vote.

Nobody in Ogun could depend on Obasanjo to become governor or a council member, according to Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the spokesman for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, after Obasanjo endorsed Obi last month.

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In a statement, Onanuga said: “From our records, President Obasanjo has not successfully made anyone win an election in Nigeria since then.

“Not even in Ogun State can anyone rely on his support or endorsement to become a governor or councillor.

“We pity Peter Obi as we are confident that Chief Obasanjo cannot win his polling unit and ward in Abeokuta for Obi in the coming Presidential election on 25 February 2023.”