President Muhammadu Buhari has given insight into why the opposition party lost their presidential bid in the 2023 elections.
According to Buhri, over-confidence, complacency and bad tactical moves made the opposition political parties lose the February 25 presidential elections.
According to him, while the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was working hard to retain power in the recent elections, the combined opposition was a victim of over-confidence.
Speaking at his residence at 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 over-confidence 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 over confidence, 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?”
Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress emphatically won the 2023 presidential election defeating Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
Tinubu who recently moved to the Defense House in Abuja is about a month away from assuming office as president.