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| Peter Obi and David Umahi |
Governor David Umahi revealed how his family members plotted against him to support the Labour Party rather than his party APC, Asserting that Nigerians did not support the presidential candidate Peter Obi.
The more than six million votes cast for the Labour Party's presidential candidate on February 25 were referred to by Mr. Umahi as "protest votes."
Voting in opposition to the party or candidate that one typically supports is referred to as a protest vote.
This was said on Channels TV on Monday night by the governor of Ebonyi.
"I consider the votes cast by the Labour Party to be a form of protest against my party, the PDP. That is how I see it.
"I consider the votes cast by the Labour Party to be a form of protest against my party, against the PDP. That is how I see it," Mr. Umahi said. "Let me tell you that the labour party movement was fully supported by the religious leaders in my state. I interpreted it as a protest vote because of this. It wasn't a vote specifically for His Excellency Obi. Not at all.
"It was very surprising that Mr. President could lose his state (Katsina)" in the presidential election, according to the governor of Ebonyi, who added that Bola Tinubu also lost in Lagos.
Mr. Umahi claimed that even his family members opposed the APC in order to support Labour, despite all of his efforts to undermine the Labour Party's chances.
“In all honesty, I didn’t give a chance to Labour Party to win any election in my state. I was very surprised,” stated the governor. “Even in my family, there was conspiracy against me, and I didn’t know that they were going to vote for the Labour Party in the presidential election, but in the other elections, it is APC because of what we have done."
The election was ultimately proclaimed won by Mr. Tinubu. Atiku Abubakar and Mr. Obi, his two primary rivals, finished second and third, respectively.
The presidential election petitions tribunal is now hearing arguments regarding the election victory of the president-elect.