The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has interrogated additional the unbiased, data-driven report of the 2023 election.
It said that with out equivocation the findings provide a “sobering, factual rationalization for one of the vital placing paradoxes of the 2023 presidential election: Peter Obi’s near-mythical dominance within the South-East and his resounding electoral collapse throughout the remainder of Nigeria.”
Spokesman of the state arm of the get together, Seye Oladejo, mentioned “This isn’t political conjecture. It’s arithmetic, statistics, and electoral geography talking plainly.”
In a press release he signed, Oladejo mentioned: “The research establishes that: Anambra recorded a staggering 24.9% anomaly charge, which means almost one in 4 polling models confirmed a number of fraud indicators. Enugu adopted with 16.7%, whereas Imo recorded 10.9%. These three states alone accounted for a disproportionate share of the 4,351 anomalous polling models recognized nationwide -3.5% of all 123,918 polling models analysed.”
He famous that by distinction “Lagos State, regardless of being the political base of the eventual winner, recorded simply 2.3%. Oyo State recorded an virtually negligible 0.3% anomaly charge.
“In an election determined by margins operating into a whole bunch of 1000’s of votes, such clusters of “excellent scores,” suspiciously spherical percentages, and statistically unbelievable vote distributions -2,328 of which had been traced largely to LP strongholds -are not trivial. They’re electorally consequential.
“This statistical actuality explains why Peter Obi appeared electorally invincible in his Jap stronghold, posting implausibly dominant margins, whereas concurrently struggling outright rejection throughout the North, South-West, South-South, and enormous swathes of the Center Belt, the place aggressive political ecosystems made such manipulation far harder to execute or conceal.”
He maintained that Obi’s recognition will not be a defence in opposition to irregularity.
Oladejo mentioned the report appropriately acknowledged that Peter Obi “loved real recognition within the South-East. Lagos APC doesn’t dispute this. Nevertheless, the research exposes an inconvenient however crucial fact: hegemonic recognition is exactly the atmosphere by which delicate electoral manipulation thrives.”
He added: “The place opposition voices are muted or socially ostracised, Consequence sheets face much less scrutiny. Social gathering brokers are fewer or intimidated.
“Believable fraud” -58% right here, 65% turnout there – slips by way of as defensible, even when fraudulent.
“Conversely, in politically pluralistic states resembling Lagos, Oyo, Kaduna, and Plateau, the presence of a number of sturdy events, vigilant brokers, and lively civil society naturally constrains such practices.
“Let the report be said plainly:
Peter Obi secured solely 29.1% of the entire votes solid nationwide. He positioned third general, behind each APC and PDP. Exterior the South-East, his efficiency was not merely weak -it was catastrophic for anybody introduced as a severe nationwide various.”
Oladejo famous that the report doesn’t delegitimise Nigeria’s democracy, nor does it invalidate the 2023 election.
“What it does and does powerfully is restore honesty to a debate lengthy polluted by emotion, misinformation, and selective outrage.”
The spokesman of the state arm of the get together burdened that the previous Labour Social gathering’s presidential candidate was not defeated by conspiracy in 2023.
“He was defeated by electoral arithmetic, nationwide unfold necessities, aggressive politics – and his failure to translate regional enthusiasm into nationwide acceptability.
“The Lagos State APC welcomes additional unbiased audits, stronger technological safeguards, and the seen prosecution of offenders throughout all events.
“Democracy is finest served not by mythology, however by fact. And the numbers, as soon as once more, refuse to lie,” he added.
Leave a Reply