Sam Amadi, former chairman of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says Sule Lamido once boasted that Peter Obi was not going to secure one million votes in the 2023 election.
Amadi said Lamido, former governor of Jigawa, vowed to go
into exile if Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the
election, secured up to a million votes.
Obi would go on to poll more than six million votes in the
election.
The former NERC boss said Lamido made the remark during a
strategy session for Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election.
Amadi made the post via X with a picture showing Obi and
Lamido shaking hands, with broad smiles to boot.
“Politics can be morbid; it can also be lighthearted. I
toast to this friendship. I remember during the strategy session for Atiku I
argued that @PeterObi should be taken seriously as he has mobilized the youths.
Gov Lamido boasted that if Peter gets 1m votes he would go on exile,” Amadi
wrote.
Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) won the
presidential election with 8,794,726 votes; Abubakar came second with 6,984,520
votes; while Obi polled third with 6,101,533 votes.
Lamido was governor of Jigawa from 2007 to 2015.
A POLITICAL VISIT
On Monday, Obi paid a visit to Lamido at his Abuja residence. Earlier, the former Anambra governor had visited Abubakar.
The visits renewed speculations on whether the opposition
leaders will form a coalition for the 2027 election, in another bid to unseat
the ruling APC.
In the buildup to the 2023 election, Obi left the PDP for
the LP.
In 2015, Obi was Abubakar’s running mate on the PDP
platform.
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