Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai said on Monday that he was surprised at the loss of the All Progressive Congress in the recently concluded Edo State Governorship Election.
According to his claim, he said three weeks to the election, polls indicated that the APC was set to win.
Recall that, on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared incumbent Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the election and Governor of the state for the next four years.
"We would have loved to win, El-Rufai said, during an interview on Sunrise Daily, Channels TV.
"Quite frankly I was optimistic. "Up to three weeks ago, the polls indicated that we were going to win. I don’t know what happened in the last two, three weeks of the campaign.
"As you know, a large number of voters make up their minds in the last two weeks of election. Many voters decide, no matter what happens, this is how I am voting.
"But most people want to wait and watch and make up their minds in the last two weeks.
"Three weeks ago, the polls clearly showed that APC was going to win, but the results came out differently from what we expected."
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