President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, said a combination of overconfidence, complacency and bad tactical moves made the opposition political parties to lost the February 25 presidential election.

The President said while the the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was working hard to retain power in the recent elections, the combined opposition was a victim of overconfidence.

Speaking at his residence in the State House where he received the Progressive Governors Forum led by its Chairman, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, Buhari said: “They were already telling their foreign backers that they would defeat the APC.

“Our party blended confidence with caution, we worked hard and won. Now, their overconfidence is creating more problems for the opposition than anyone else.

“They are finding it hard to convince those who supported them from outside why they are unable to beat us.

"A combination of overconfidence, complacency and bad tactical moves made them lose, plain and clear. This has created more problems in their camp. Why did they fail to remove us?”

Speaking in response to an issue raised by Governor Bagudu, the leader of the Forum, President Buhari said “an important reason I congratulate Asiwaju on winning is because the opposition got support and false hope from outside and went on to create the impression that they will win, that they will defeat us.

“How more wrong could anyone be?”

He charged the Progressive Governors to stick together and openly address issues among themselves.

“Try and keep solving problems. Be courageous to discuss them openly between yourselves. This is the best way to survive politically in Nigeria,” said the President.

YouandiAllofus:
So says the greatest election loser in the history of Nigeria since democracy who managed to come into power by deceitful promises

BIZNess123:
its funny how the SE voted uniformly for obi...and when it's time to share positions, they remembered fairness...so other regions that voted for tinubu are fools abi..

greatiyk4u:
Very careless statements from a whole President over a case in the court.

Nobody announces A GENUINE election results by 4am any where in the world as if the world was coming to an end.

Roboto11:

2 times presido.

He is in a position Obi would never see.

Roboto11:


I before others.

helinues:
Atiku, Obi, Kwankwanso, G5. A divided house is meant to crumbled.

Add Obi's vote to Atiku's own, Pdp would have won easily.

You see in life, if it's about dreaming or having an idea, na everybody for dey rich but there are some factors/forces who are unseen that give directions. All depends on how you are relative to them just like his Excellency Bola Tinubu.

Trump first term election winning and the succeed of Subsidy protest have something in common. That was when I give high Tuale to Tinubu .

Na God dey give power and he has already given it to Tinubu. No baga can stop that

YouandiAllofus:

So says by one of the gullibles that bought into the deceit that brought us where we are today.

YouandiAllofus:
So says the greatest election loser in the history of Nigeria since democracy who managed to come into power by deceitful promises.
Yet again, we have another president-elect surrounded by so many controversies of electoral malpractices, drug dealings, certificate forgery, unaccounted wealth, dual citizenship and more still under the carpet.

Roboto11:


Where are you today?

kokoA:
That's actually true. I really hoped Obi could pull a magic but it didn't happen. The painful truth is that APC won that election. Agreed, there were manipulations here and there but the result wouldn't have changed. Obi couldn't have won with his poor performance in the northwest and north east, Atiku couldn't have won with Obi taking big chunk of his votes in the southeast and South South.

buharitill2023:
you will wail till 2039

greatiyk4u:
Very careless statements from a whole President over a case in the court.

Nobody announces A GENUINE election results by 4am any where in the world as if the world was coming to an end.

StreetFight:


You go just die of hypertension

greatiyk4u:
Very careless statements from a whole President over a case in the court.

Nobody announces A GENUINE election results by 4am any where in the world as if the world was coming to an end.

YouandiAllofus:

5x worse off than where I was before 2015. A bag of rice that sold for 15k now sells for 40k...
I bet you can add the rest

slivertongue:
Wow overconfidence? Buhari is truly sheepish? Election in which APC had nothing tangible to campaign with. INEC dashed APC power and they know it

Roboto11:


Well that's your story.