Buhari Explains Why Obi, Atiku Lost To Tinubu

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, said a combination of overconfidence, complacency and bad tactical moves made the leading opposition party candidates, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar to lose the February 25 presidential election.

The President said while the the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was working hard to retain power in the recent elections, the combined opposition was a victim of overconfidence.

Speaking at his residence in the State House where he received the Progressive Governors Forum led by its Chairman, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, Buhari said: “They were already telling their foreign backers that they would defeat the APC.

“Our party blended confidence with caution, we worked hard and won. Now, their overconfidence is creating more problems for the opposition than anyone else.

“They are finding it hard to convince those who supported them from outside why they are unable to beat us.

“A combination of overconfidence, complacency and bad tactical moves made them lose, plain and clear. This has created more problems in their camp. Why did they fail to remove us?”

Buhari’s assertion on why Atiku and Obi lost the 2023 presidential election is bound to receive the response of the opposition candidates in the day ahead.

Speaking in response to an issue raised by Governor Bagudu, the leader of the Forum, President Buhari said “an important reason I congratulate Asiwaju on winning is because the opposition got support and false hope from outside and went on to create the impression that they will win, that they will defeat us.

“How more wrong could anyone be?”

He charged the Progressive Governors to stick together and openly address issues among themselves.

“Try and keep solving problems. Be courageous to discuss them openly between yourselves. This is the best way to survive politically in Nigeria,” said the President.

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