Makinde: Faulty constitution let Tinubu win 2023 election with 34% of votes

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde says a flawed constitution allowed President Bola Tinubu to win the 2023 election without a majority of votes.

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said President Bola Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election with a minority of votes because of flaws in Nigeria’s constitution, Peoples Gazette reports.

Makinde, who is campaigning for president under the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), told Arise News the constitution should require winners to secure over half of votes cast.

“If we had gotten 50 per cent plus one in our constitution, it would have been almost impossible for Asiwaju…” he said.

Tinubu polled 8.79 million votes, ahead of Atiku Abubakar’s 6.98 million, Peter Obi’s 6.1 million and Rabiu Kwankwaso’s 1.5 million, meeting the constitutional requirement of 25 per cent of votes in two-thirds of the states and the FCT.

The three opposition candidates got over 14 million votes combined.

“What we’ve seen is 67 per cent voted against him and his party, but he became the president…” Makinde added.

He said he would push for the amendment if elected president in the forthcoming election.