I know that Obi won’t win the election, it was a tough election – Nyesom Wike

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, asserted that those backing Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, lack a deep understanding of politics.

He made this statement during an interview on Channels TV on Thursday, following the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s confirmation of Bola Tinubu’s win in the February 2023 presidential election.

He said; “I know that he [Obi] won’t win the election. Let me tell you the truth, I am a realist. For me, the way the election went, it was a tough election. I give it to INEC.

“Yes, as a young man, people would have preferred that he won but look at how the votes went.

“There is this generational change, the young people were tired. So, for them, the only hope they had was to vote for Obi as a younger person compared to other candidates.

“But unknown to them, that is not the reality of Nigerian politics. They didn’t take into cognisance that ethnicity is a factor.

“They didn’t take into cognisance that religion is a factor, not only competence; that is the reality of Nigerian politics.”