A chieftain of the Labour Party, Ibrahim Abdulkarim has stated that Northern Nigerians will
vote for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Ibrahim noted that Peter Obi
will get more votes in the northern region than the southern region because northerners are
angry and tired of insecurity, illiteracy, and unemployment, amongst other issues that
bedeviled them.
Speaking on Channels TV Special Election Programme, the 2023 Verdict which was
monitored by The News Chronicle, the chieftain who is also the Director General of a voters
coalition initiative, Big Tent Nigeria stated that the north has suffered the consequence of
bad governance occasioned by the current administration.
The News Chronicle understands that the Northern part of the country with 19 states has the
highest number of voter registration turnout. Moreover, the Nigerian constitution also
prescribed a national spread which must be met before a presidential candidate is
announced as the winner.
In accordance with Section 134 of the Nigerian Constitution, a presidential candidate can
only be announced as the winner if he or she has the majority of votes cast at the election;
and has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in at least two-thirds of all
the States in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Abdulkarim who is also the Director General of the Obi-Datti Independent Campaign Council
said he conducted a survey and the outcome showed that Nigerians in the north want Obi
and Baba-Ahmed because they are aggrieved about the way politicians have purloined their
resources and treated them in the last eight years.
With less than 17 days to the 2023 general election, the northern part of the country has
become a beautiful bride with all the leading presidential candidates flocking to the North-
West, North-East and North-Central geopolitical zones which make up the northern region
for bloc votes.
