Peter Obi ’s performance showed youths are tired of those in power – Ndume

The chairman of the senate committee on the army, Ali Ndume on Sunday said the performance of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections showed that youths and the middle class are getting tired of the older generation who have been in government for decades.

Ndume, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, also admitted that LP’s performance at the just-concluded elections surpassed his expectations.

Asked if the outcome of the polls fitted his expectations, Ndume said, “Yeah, but there were surprises in some places – Lagos, (and the) South-East. The performance of LP actually is above my expectation.”

The senator representing Borno South on the platform of the ruling APC, and has been in the National Assembly for 20 years, said he never thought that the flag bearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi could get over six million votes at the poll over a months ago.

Asked that he never thought that Peter Obi could pull such strings, Ndume said, “Yeah, even in the general elections all over, especially. He (Obi) had six million votes.

“It goes to tell something that people don’t talk about: and that is to say that the signs are out there that the middle income group or social group and the youths are getting tired of the – do I even include myself? — upper level: people in their 70s and 80s who have been in the corridors of power since they were in their 30s.”