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Nigeria's 10 least-voted presidential candidates in 2023

1. Nnadi Charles: 12,839
2. Almustapha Hamza: 14,542
3. Sowore Omoyele: 14,608
4. Adenuga Sunday: 16,156
5. Osakwe Felix: 24,869
6. Ojei Princess: 25,961
7. Sani Yabagi: 43,924
8. Ado-Ibrahim Abdulmalik: 60,600
9. Imumolen Irene: 61,014
10. Umeadi Peter: 61,966

Collectively, these 10 candidates secured 336,479 votes, representing less than 2% of the 24.02 million valid votes recorded in the 2023 presidential election.

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Even the score Sowore got in 2023 won't enable him win the president of SUG in Uni Ibadan.

If Nigerians were serious, they would try someone new.

But then again, when even in the UK, people would laugh at you if you tell them you are not voting for any one apart from the Tories or Labour. (Yes, I am aware of Reform, but those are just Tories who are waiting for things to kalm down before they go home.). Same in the USA...try supporting a smaller party, dem go look una one kind.

Sowore has a special career in disgracing himself every 4 years

mustapher that should still be in jail, he was responsible for lots of killings during abacha time

In a county of over 70 million registered voters, sowore got less than 15k votes. What a shame

Lol, Sowere is a great man but needs to partner with like minds and build more bridges so as to accomplish most of the things he wish for Nigeria. Else, he will die and those goals will die with him. I wish he will partner more and not be a one man show.

nairalanda1:
If Nigerians were serious, they would try someone new.

But then again, when even in the UK, people would laugh at you if you tell them you are not voting for any one apart from the Tories or Labour. (Yes, I am aware of Reform, but those are just Tories who are waiting for things to kalm down before they go home.). Same in the USA...try supporting a smaller party, dem go look una one kind.

Nobody will try a man who hasn't held a political position before. It's too risky for an unstable shit-hole with weak institutions

funny how sowore see himself as someone important

Sowore should be contesting for LASU SUG president. I am sure I can beat Sowore and his "Lebor-illuzion Now"

SmartPolician:
Sowore has a special career of disgracing himself every 4 years

my broda wetin be this abeg

Nothing concerns Chike with Election, Bandits, Terrorist And Kidnapping and Nigeria insecurity problems,
Na to Dey kn@ck People Wife Be His Own Focus

Validated:
Sowore should be contesting for LASU SUG president. I am sure I can beat Sowore and his "Lebor-illuzion Now"

15k votes can not win SUG president in Lasu.

Omoyele was top 3 from the bottom yet he speaks so much about the election and his popularity. He tried. Next time the person should write the list from 10-1 not 1-10.

Factual list of Nigeria’s presidential election winners since 1999, including each winner’s name and the percentage of valid votes they received.

1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo: about 62.78% of valid votes.

2003 – Olusegun Obasanjo: about 61.94% of valid votes.

2007 – Umaru Musa Yar’Adua: about 69.60% of valid votes.

2011 – Goodluck Jonathan: about 58.87% of valid votes.

2015 – Muhammadu Buhari: about 53.96% of valid votes.

2019 – Muhammadu Buhari: about 55.60% of valid votes.

2023 – Bola Ahmed tinubu: about 36.6–37% of valid votes.


A United opposition will defeat tinubu before the election begins. With a wiiiiiiiiiiiiiide margin. There is no need to argue about that.

Fact: Tinubu remains the most unpopular president to have won the Presidential elections.

It is no wonder he kept on singing on your mandate he shall stand because his so-called victory was not popular but here's the question, he wants to test his popularity again. Then he didn't have the opportunity to show himself, now he has shown what he can do. Will you vote for him again?

It's not easy, at least they got some supporters

Sowore the boys scout leader

It really shows that Sowore just making noise on social media,some unpopular candidates even have votes more than him.Politics na grassroots for Naija.

Everyone go and get your PVC oo.

Candidates numbers 4 to 10 are not so well known yet they all best Sowore. That tells you that activism isn't always an indication of popularity.

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Nigeria's 10 least-voted presidential candidates in 2023


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sleek214:
In a county of over 70 million registered voters, sowore got less than 15k votes. What a shame

The results were rigged. Who tell you say they counted the votes

They just guess numbers and put over there

Antoeni:
Nothing concerns Chike with Election, Bandits, Terrorist And Kidnapping and Nigeria insecurity problems,
Na to Dey kn@ck People Wife Be His Own Focus

What do you mean because I'm Lost.

nairalanda1:
If Nigerians were serious, they would try someone new.

But then again, when even in the UK, people would laugh at you if you tell them you are not voting for any one apart from the Tories or Labour. (Yes, I am aware of Reform, but those are just Tories who are waiting for things to kalm down before they go home.). Same in the USA...try supporting a smaller party, dem go look una one kind.

No system to support independent candidates

SmartPolician:
Sowore has a special career of disgracing himself every 4 years

Your mouth shall
Don't let him hear u

SixSeven:
Omoyele was top 3 from the bottom yet he speaks so much about the election and his popularity. He tried. Next time the person should write the list from 10-1 not 1-10.

Factual list of Nigeria’s presidential election winners since 1999, including each winner’s name and the percentage of valid votes they received.

1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo: about 62.78% of valid votes.

2003 – Olusegun Obasanjo: about 61.94% of valid votes.

2007 – Umaru Musa Yar’Adua: about 69.60% of valid votes.

2011 – Goodluck Jonathan: about 58.87% of valid votes.

2015 – Muhammadu Buhari: about 53.96% of valid votes.

2019 – Muhammadu Buhari: about 55.60% of valid votes.

2023 – Bola Ahmed tinubu: about 36.6–37% of valid votes.


A United opposition will defeat tinubu before the election begins. With a wiiiiiiiiiiiiiide margin. There is no need to argue about that.

Fact: Tinubu remains the most unpopular president to have won the Presidential elections.

It is no wonder he kept on singing on your mandate he shall stand because his so-called victory was not popular but here's the question, he wants to test his popularity again. Then he didn't have the opportunity to show himself, now he has shown what he can do. Will you vote for him again?

That is why I'm still seeing OBI as part of Tinubu plan to win!
Why he joined ADC when he knew he can't do without contesting? With coalition, I'm seeing Tinubu being defeated, but now with splitted votes, Tinubu has a chance

Lanre1st:
That is why I'm still seeing OBI as part of Tinubu plan to win!
Why he joined ADC when he knew he can't do without contesting? With coalition, I'm seeing Tinubu being defeated, but now with splitted votes, Tinubu has a chance

The coalition itself looks like a trap to make him not contest. Everything has been done to make sure he doesn't appear on the ballot and that's why everywhere he goes to there is a problem there. He is not a saint but I strongly believe that he is the one who gives Tinubu the most headache. He came third and they are not even afraid of Atiku, that should tell you something. Atiku and Tinubu are also friends, they have worked together before. Obi is working with a lot of pretentious people who you don't know what's in their belly unless you take a MRI scanner with you. Nigeria politics lacks principles, many of them have a price so they can be easily bought. Tinubu has used this method since he was in Lagos, he does not like opposition and if you are ready to work for him, he doesn't mind even if you are in another party. Just make sure you give him what he wants. Corruption is crazy in Nigeria my friend. Again, Obi is not a saint but he is a threat to most of your politicians who won't be able to make deals. I will give you a little history of our politics in the next post and see how we work.

Lanre1st:

That man played the same game with AD so it's not a surprise to see it. Even PDP in Lagos could not be a good opposition because they kept using them as false flag. Look at the last guy who contested for Lagos Governor for PDP last time, he moved to APC and was not ashamed to let you know he worked as a mole. Mr Strategy has used this playbook many times and it works where there are hungry people who can sell their father's house for pittance. It's a Machiavellian type of politics that involves rub my back, I pat you and it's big money involved. Leave integrity for honest people. That one no consain dem.

You see this campaign they are running against Obi and GRV? They did it to Jimi agbaje. In 2007, he made a good show in his first campaign with a relatively unknown party against Fashola, the next time he campaigned as a PDP man, they called him all manner of names and attached 'Ibo' to him. They already took care of PDP in 2007, they were not expecting an agbaje to surprise them with organic votes under DPA, they took note from there and ever since then, he can't win their smear campaign. They are always using tribe to scare voters away but those who understand the game can see the fear. I wonder why people can't see this cheap pattern. APC pattern is familiar, that's why I have no pity for them when ipob or obidient give them the same medicine. They are half sides of a coin as far as I am concerned. It's giving them their own medicine. Propaganda must not be allowed to run unchallenged, if Obidients give them in the same coin, at least, it is fire for fire.

Mr Tinubu does not like competition, you are blocking his way. And we all knew this after Funso Williams was taken away from us by those who know themselves. If that man agrees to a debate this time, I will vote for him. But you can tell that he wasn't bothered about competition, that's why he appointed El Rufai and the gang to speak for him at Chatham House while the other contestants spoke for themselves. Mr Teamship does not bother to do presidential media chats, Mr Wike has done more media chats than the President shocked

The morning shows the day

SixSeven:
For Tinubu, it's always about politics and I hope it doesn't do him in. He is a shrewd politician but he is not equipped for governance. I hope this politics doesn't become his undoing. I had written in a previous post when this news first came out that:



But he has proven us wrong. He is soiling his presidency and personality with mud by HIMSELF.

Before this last election, I observed those who wanted him to be president. Most of them spoke about one favor or the other he did for them or their family. They did not talk about an institution or system that worked. It was what he did for my father, mother or whatever. That is transactional politics. Interestingly, this man wants to be like Awo but Awo ìs still remembered today, if not for anything, for just one single thing. FREE EDUCATION. That is legacy. To Tinubu, everyone has a price. How much is yours?

Democracy is a scam if one country can decide how crazy another's democracy is crazy. Demonstration of craze...

This is why it will not work in Africa because it's crazy how the demo works here. The rulers have figured out how to manipulate the system to benefit them without direct responsibility.

In 1999 - 2003, the Executive did not like the Legislature and orchestrated the removal of the Senate and Reps different times. However you must be aware that the leaders of those houses were not 100% clean. Do you remember Salisu and Toronto Certificate? Within four years, the Senate alone had three presidents. Salisu Buhari’s removal over the Toronto certificate scandal was justified on ethical grounds, but the speed and coordination of the process revealed something deeper, the executive influence was never far away. Evan Enwerem and later Chuba Okadigbo fell amid allegations of misconduct, yet the pattern suggested that leadership crises were being managed politically, not institutionally. Accountability was selective, reactive, and often convenient for the power brokers. Nigeria began its democratic process on a faulty foundation. The Governors will learn after the 2003 tsunami by the PDP how to grab it in the next paragraph.


In 2003–07, the major issue of this tenure was the attempt tamper with constitutional limits through political pressure. Even though Obasanjo denies it today, there is enough documentation on how the third-term agenda was not just about tenure elongation but it was a stress test of whether constitutional rules could withstand executive might. The Legislature was flooded with inducements and intimidation. That the amendment failed remains significant, but equally significant is how close it came to succeeding. Democracy survived this phase by a narrow margin, not by institutional strength but thank God it survived. Credit to Sen Ken Nnamani.


In 2007–11, this tenure combined electoral legitimacy collapse, legislative scandal, and executive weakness. The 2007 elections severely damaged democratic credibility, yet governance proceeded without correction. Yar Adua's attempt to correct the anomaly of an election succeeded a bit when he set up an electoral panel to review our electoral system. Inside the Legislature, the Patricia Etteh crisis and later the Dimeji Bankole era exposed how leadership of the House became entangled with patronage and post-tenure criminalisation. The defining rupture, however, was Yar’Adua’s illness and death. The secrecy surrounding presidential incapacity paralysed governance and exposed a constitutional vacuum. The “Doctrine of Necessity” that elevated the Vice President was a timely fix but it also confirmed that Nigeria’s democracy often survives by improvisation rather than adherence to clear rules. Thank you Dora Akunyili and we can't forget the role of Mr Aondoaka and those who claimed that the President could rule from anywhere in the world. A pattern that will be repeated later under Buhari and now, Tinubu. This period was where the Governors started learning to cut their teeth. They became more influential in Nigerian politics. The Governors' Forum was influencing national politics. This was the period of one party state by PDP that made Ogbulafor boast that PDP will rule for 60 years. Obasanjo had taught the Governors lessons but Yar Adua and Jonathan's scholarly approach to democracy may have cost us a lesson on tight fisted executive.

DORA AKUNYILI'S EXPLOSIVE MESSAGE TO YAR'ADUA

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In 2011–15, the main issue of this period was oversight without enforcement. The National Assembly appeared assertive, especially during the fuel subsidy probe, which revealed massive corruption. Yet the failure to secure decisive prosecutions weakened public trust. You must remember that Farouk Lawan was recently forgiven in the Tinubu's presidential pardon list but what he did at that time was a symbol of the corruption at the top. At the same time, electoral reforms under Attahiru Jega restored some credibility to elections, creating a contrast between improving electoral process and stagnant governance accountability. Democracy looked better at the ballot box than in outcomes. Change became possible but the Governors played a major role in redesigning how party politics was. The party was no longer the class captain, each Governor was now taking hold of the party structure at each state.

AUDIO: The $3 million conversation between Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUnWDgEMDa8

$3million bribery: Farouk Lawan request removal of Otedola's company from fuel subsidy report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gzT5vd0vE


In 2015–19, this tenure was dominated by open institutional confrontation. Bukola Saraki’s emergence as Senate President against party and executive preference triggered years of conflict. His trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal placed the Judiciary squarely within political struggle. Simultaneously, the Executive openly disobeyed court orders in security-related cases, signalling impatience with judicial restraint. This was not just an executive–legislative problem, it was a systemic breakdown of respect among arms of government because APC was in power, so yih can't blame the opposition. Power was increasingly exercised as moral authority rather than constitutional obligation.
The first attack on the judicial system began here with the Onnoghen trial by the Buhari government. The death of the media also started during this time. APC, which had oiled the machinery of the media to their advantage could not let the same machine take them out. They came out hard on critical thinking and through the Minister of Information, the Press review started here.


In 2019–23, the tenure was defined by the open surrender of legislative independence. Unlike earlier Assemblies that at least struggled with the Executive, this one publicly embraced alignment as a governing principle. Legislative leaders openly described the National Assembly as a “partner” rather than a check. Oversight weakened noticeably. Budgets were passed with little resistance, confirmations sailed through, and major policy questions rarely produced institutional pushback. The loss of teeth was not accidental. Senate President Ahmed Lawan repeatedly framed the National Assembly as a “partner” of the Executive rather than a check on it. In public statements, he emphasized working “in harmony” with the presidency to pass legislation and implement national policies, warning against “unnecessary grandstanding” that could delay governance. Oversight weakened - bills, budgets, and ministerial confirmations proceeded with minimal scrutiny. A prominent example was Godswill Akpabio’s smooth confirmation as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, which drew little interrogation despite prior controversies. Please off your mic. Committees that would normally probe ministers or government contracts rarely escalated findings, signaling a tacit decision that cooperation, not confrontation, was the guiding principle. The loss of teeth was not accidental, it was openly acknowledged, marking a clear departure from Assemblies that had previously struggled even contentiously to assert themselves.
Democracy during this period functioned procedurally but hollowly, with elections and legislative processes intact but scrutiny and accountability diminished.

From 2023–present, the current 10th National Assembly has intensified this pattern. It had easily won the worst National Assembly even before concluding its tenure. Senate and House leaders, including Akpabio, have publicly reinforced the idea that lawmakers are not elected “to fight the Executive” but to collaborate on national priorities. Akpabio stressed that legislators should support executive-led bills that serve the nation, even if critics label this a “rubber-stamp” legislature. Committees continue to exist, but oversight has become largely symbolic. Critical national issues, security challenges, rising inflation, and controversial economic policies see limited legislative pushback. What stands out is not conflict but its absence, making it clear that the Legislature now prioritizes alignment and on a mandate they wish to stand on with the executive over independent scrutiny. In practical terms, the National Assembly functions, but as a facilitator of executive priorities rather than a co-equal branch ensuring accountability. This Assembly has trashed any respect whatsoever you may have for the Legislature. Publicly singing on your mandate they shall stand, trying to praise the President's work and laughing over serious issues that affect Nigerians or completely ignoring them have made them weaker than the whisker of a cat.

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Looking at Nigeria’s National Assembly from 1999 to today, a clear pattern stands out. Each four-year tenure faced big challenges, but the Legislature often let itself be shaped by politicians and party leaders instead of standing up to protect the people’s interests. The 10th Assembly shows this clearly. Leaders openly put the President’s wishes above their constitutional duty. They approve bills and budgets without asking tough questions. Committees that should investigate government programs barely do their work. By choosing to cooperate instead of check power, the Legislature has weakened democracy from within. At the same time, the Judiciary has often compromised, bending under pressure or choosing caution, which has limited its ability to fully check government power. Go to court!!!


This problem is not unique to Nigeria. In countries like Venezuela, democracy exists on paper but is erased by politicians who manipulate institutions for their own gain. We can see the same pattern here. But pointing out these failures does not give outsiders the right to lecture Venuezela. Even strong democracies like the United States struggle with their own political crises and institutional problems. True democracy only works when the people and their own institutions hold power accountable. No one else can do it for us.

©️ SixSeven


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Sowore is almost last sef
True true, Ariwo ko ni music

Sowore is a very Important person in Nigeria if you don't know except you are GenZ family.

For the fact that he has always gotten low votes doesn't implied that he's not popular or important.

Sowore wouldn't bribe to buy your votes which is very common among you Nigerians.

Sowore wouldn't make a dubious promises so as to get your votes and thereafter winning then turn vampire.

Sowore doesn't have the resources to go buy rice, tomato, Maggi, noodles, gala and malt for you and your family so as to get your votes.

Now, you can see why he's always having low votes compare to your familiar thieves in power dealing badly with all of you right now.

Good thing is always hard to come by, and when we even see it, we tend to treat it shabbily.....

NwaOhafia:
funny how sowore see himself as someone important

Hehenehehe... Sowore the jokers

Mathewrichard99:
Sowore is a very Important person in Nigeria if you don't know except you are GenZ family.

For the fact that he has always gotten low votes doesn't implied that he's not popular or important.

Sowore wouldn't bribe to buy your votes which is very common among you Nigerians.

Sowore wouldn't make a dubious promises so as to get your votes and thereafter winning then turn vampire.

Sowore doesn't have the resources to go buy rice, tomato, Maggi, noodles, gala and malt for you and your family so as to get your votes.

Now, you can see why he's always having low votes compare to your familiar thieves in power dealing badly with all of you right now.

Good thing is always hard to come by, and when we even see it, we tend to treat it shabbily.....

You are not being entirely truthful to sowore, he needs to go outside and touch grass,

he should start from maybe Local government chairman or state house of representatives, from there he will climb up the ladder

If he had started since, he would have gone far by now

SixSeven:
Omoyele was top 3 from the bottom yet he speaks so much about the election and his popularity. He tried. Next time the person should write the list from 10-1 not 1-10.

Factual list of Nigeria’s presidential election winners since 1999, including each winner’s name and the percentage of valid votes they received.

1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo: about 62.78% of valid votes.

2003 – Olusegun Obasanjo: about 61.94% of valid votes.

2007 – Umaru Musa Yar’Adua: about 69.60% of valid votes.

2011 – Goodluck Jonathan: about 58.87% of valid votes.

2015 – Muhammadu Buhari: about 53.96% of valid votes.

2019 – Muhammadu Buhari: about 55.60% of valid votes.

2023 – Bola Ahmed tinubu: about 36.6–37% of valid votes.


A United opposition will defeat tinubu before the election begins. With a wiiiiiiiiiiiiiide margin. There is no need to argue about that.

Fact: Tinubu remains the most unpopular president to have won the Presidential elections.

It is no wonder he kept on singing on your mandate he shall stand because his so-called victory was not popular but here's the question, he wants to test his popularity again. Then he didn't have the opportunity to show himself, now he has shown what he can do. Will you vote for him again?

Pls go to your bed you are not making any sense..pls

Why una dey mock sowere...


When did it become a crime to try?