The All Progressives Congress (APC), which is now in power, would win at least 28 States, according to Senate President Ahmad Lawan.
In an interview with reporters at the Katuzu ward voting place in the Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State, where he cast his ballot in the governorship and state house of assembly elections, Lawan spoke, according to a statement from his special adviser on media, Ola Awoniyi, in Abuja.
“We are in control of the National Assembly. We have won the Presidency. We are going to win nothing less than 28 states at the end of this election,” Lawan said.
The APC controls 21 of the 36 States with an outright win in 12 States during the last presidential vote.
Lawan said the APC, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ninth National Assembly deserved some credit for the improvement witnessed in the country’s electoral process.
He said: “The APC and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari deserve credit, that we have allowed the process to be entirely determined by the guidelines and regulations of INEC. That we don’t use our incumbency factor to stop other political parties or opposition from winning in areas that are strong APC enclaves.
“The ninth National Assembly also deserves credit for passing a law that has made the process of our elections better.
“I think there are still room for improvement but kudos to the ninth National Assembly for producing an Electoral Act that is giving more roles to technology to decide and influence the outcome of our elections rather than some kind of fraud.”
Commenting on the electoral process of Saturday, the Senate President said he was “happy that the BVAS is working here. I’m yet to hear any report about the failure of the process anywhere in my Local Government so far.”