Atiku's Top Ally Rubbishes Kwankwaso's Claim on Winning 3 Key States in 2023 Presidential Election

Atiku's Top Ally Rubbishes Kwankwaso's Claim on Winning 3 Key States in 2023 Presidential Election

  • Rabiu Kwankwaso's claim of controlling three major states at the election has been refused by a former minister of aviation
  • Osita Chidoka said that in the history of Nigeria's Fourth Republic, no political party has been able to control Lagos, Rivers and Kano states
  • According to Chidoka, most time, during elections, political parties win either two out of three but not all the states

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the claim by the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, on the control of Kano, Lagos and Rivers states by political parties.

Channels Television reports that Chidoka, an ally of Atiku Abubakar, PDP's 2023 presidential candidate said Kwankwaso's analysis that any party that cannot control the three states should forget about winning a presidential election is wrong.

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Osita Chidoka, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, NNPP, 2023 presidential election, 2023 general polls
Chidoka described Kwankwaso's claim on winning Lagos, Rivers and Kano as mathematically incorrect. Photo: Guardian
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Stating that the former Kano state governor's analysis is 'not mathematically correct', Chidoka said that in the history of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, no party has been able to control the three states.

However acknowledging that Lagos, Rivers and Kano states deliver millions of votes during presidential elections in Nigeria, the former minister of aviation no one party has ever won the three states.

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His words:

“It is the party that wins across all segments that win the election and no party has won the three states at the same time - most times, two out of three. In 2019, APC won Kano and Lagos was marginal - it was 45% to 55% split between PDP and APC. PDP won Rivers."

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“As there is Kano, there is Katsina. As there is Lagos, there is Delta, there is Akwa Ibom, there is Jigawa, a state that doesn’t have high numbers but high voter turnout if you look at historical data."

He also noted that Kano had over 1.8 million cumulative votes which are the highest by any state in the 2019 presidential election.

In addition, Chidoka noted that Lagos had over one million total votes and Rivers about 600,000 total votes.

He noted that the fact is with Kano and Lagos states are currently being controlled by the APC whilst PDP is the party in power in Rivers.

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Source: Legit.ng

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