{
  "id": 13609197,
  "title": "Did Obi Actually Win in 2023?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/did-obi-actually-win-in-2023",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T01:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/11/did-obi-actually-win-in-2023/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The forthcoming book, 'Winning Formula: The Inside Story of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election', will delve into the various claims and evidence surrounding the 2023 presidential election. The race was between Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, and Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Obi claimed victory, but official results declared Tinubu the winner with 8,794,726 votes. Atiku secured 6,984,520 votes, while Obi came in third with 6,101,533 votes. Obi and Atiku contested the results, arguing they should be declared president. The Supreme Court rejected these claims. Obi maintains he has evidence of election fraud by the former INEC chairman, but he also stated he doesn't want to revisit the past. The election's outcome has been a topic of debate, with many Obidients (Obi supporters) believing he won. The controversy surrounding Lagos, where Obi won by just 9,848 votes, adds to the complexity. Some Obi supporters claim he won by over one million votes in the state, but these allegations require further investigation. The INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal, which was supposed to upload results promptly, failed to do so, fueling suspicion of manipulation. Alternative counting methods by supporters and data scientists have unearthed statistical anomalies, but these do not conclusively prove who won. A historical pattern exists where presidential winners tend to win the most legislative seats, but in 2023, the Labour Party, led by Obi, gained notable but still distant third place. The book aims to explore these puzzles and offer a comprehensive analysis of the 2023 Nigerian presidential election.",
  "summary": "It was being celebrated as the “Obama moment”. Just as Senator Barack Obama made history in 2008 as the first African-American to be elected president of the United States, Mr",
  "key_points": [
    "Peter Obi claimed victory in 2023 Nigerian presidential election.",
    "Official results declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu the winner with 8.79 million votes.",
    "Obi and Atiku contested results, citing alleged election fraud."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The dispute over the 2023 presidential election outcome cements a lingering divide between Obi's supporters and the official results, with implications for the legitimacy of the electoral process.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}