Sen. Ndume Applauds Nigerians For Rejecting ‘Old Guard’, Embracing LP’s Message Of Change In 2023 Elections

• Senator Ndume has stated that the Labour Party (LP) has been the surprise package of the 2023 general election.

• LP’s performance exceeded his expectations, showing that the middle class and youths are getting tired of older generation politicians.

• Peter Obi’s presidential campaign was surprisingly strong, getting over 6 million votes in the polls.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has said the Labour Party (LP) was the surprise package of the 2023 general election.

The lawmaker, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday evening.

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While stating that the performance of LP surpassed his expectations, Senator Ndume said the elections showed that youths and the middle class are getting tired of the older generation who have been in government for decades.

Asked if the outcome of the polls fitted his expectations, Ndume said, “Yeah, but there were surprises in some places – Lagos, (and the) South-East. The performance of LP actually is above my expectation.”

The chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said he never thought that LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, could get over six million votes at the poll over a month ago.

Asked if he ever thought that Peter Obi could pull such strings, Ndume said, “Yeah, even in the general elections all over, especially. He (Obi) had six million votes.

”It goes to tell something that people don’t talk about: and that is to say that the signs are out there that the middle-income group or social group and the youths are getting tired of the – do I even include myself? — upper level: people in their 70s and 80s who have been in the corridors of power since they were in their 30s.”

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Recall that the APC’s Bola Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 6,984,520 votes, while Peter Obi garnered 6,101,533.

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