A party chieftain and lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has said the Labour Party (LP) surprised him with the result of the 2023 general election.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) 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.
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.
When askedif 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.”