The running mate of Peter Obi, Baba Ahmed Datti has stated that the Labour Party won the 2023 presidential election, as against the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said this today during a live interview on Channels Television that is currently on now.
Baba Ahmed Datti said they came third in the election according to what INEC announced, but according to the results they have with their agents, they won the election.
When the presenter asked him if they have collated the results, he said yes, adding that the number of votes they have is in the region of 8, million, and that he would not want to say the exact figure since the issue is in court.
In his words, he said:
“We came third according to the results released by INEC. In reality we came first with the data and collated results on IReV, and the one with our agents. We have tabulated and collated it. We Won the election, we got the highest number of votes. It is in the region of 8M but I don’t want to give a figure.”
