THE LAST MINUTE CALL WHY PETER GREGORY OBI WAS NOT DECLARED THE WINNER OF 2023 NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
The year 2023 was a momentous occasion in Nigerian political history as three prominent candidates surfaced from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and two others from the PDP, led by Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, led by the Almighty Gregory Peter Obi. Many labour party supporters, known as "obidients," were shocked when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a Muslim from the South, and Kashim Shettima, a Muslim from the North, were announced as the winners of the 2023 election by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) following widespread allegations in the media that the election was tainted with irregularities. THE KEY QUESTION WAS HOW TWO MUSLIM WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME A SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN CONTENDER, THE POWERFUL PETER GREGORY OBI. The elderly sage who battled and overthrew the military juntas throughout the NADECO era had a thorough understanding of Nigeria's political and religious structures.Despite being forced into exile under ...