By Reno Okri
• You can win an election without the support of the incumbent President.
• Peter Obi’s candidacy proved that even when divided into three, the Islamic vote will still defeat the Christian vote.
• Ninety-three million people registered to vote, but only twenty five million actually voted. It is very doubtful that Nigeria’s population is really 220 million.
• Lagos is NOT a No Man’s Land.
• Rufai Oseni is an Obidient propagandist, not a journalist.
• The main reason for the PDP’s loss is because Peter Obi divided their vote. But for him, Waziri Atiku would have won hands down.
• Ego is no substitute for strategy. If Peter Obi had been more strategic, he would have been the sitting vice president today.
• Cyberbullying, threats and intimidation can win you a nomination but not an election.
• Some people are very vulnerable to mass hypnosis and hysteria.
• The Southwest and Northwest determine election outcomes if they unite.
• Many pastors and prophets hear from a strange spirit who lied to them that the next President will be Peter Obi.
• Over-reliance on so-called ‘investigative journalists’ made some candidates and their supporters overconfident.
• Web-based polling and polling done in English will always produce inaccurate results because a majority of Nigerians are not proficient in English.
• The quietness of the core Muslim North is not stupidity. They saw through Yes Daddy.
• Religion (both Christianity and Islam) was weaponised. Peter Obi, with his “Church, wake up and take back your country” comment, was the main culprit.
• The Sultan of Sokoto and Pastor Adeboye displayed exceptional maturity and rare wisdom. Most other clerics did not.
• Decisive Governors, like Wike and El-Rufai, can use their personalities to affect the voting patterns of their states.
• Aisha Dahiru Ahmed (Binani) proved that Nigerian women can be as tough as Nigerian men.
• The Naira re-denomination limited the influence of money in the last election.
• Some people will prefer a coup if they cannot have a President of their choice.
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