Grok, the Ai tool of X, has revealed that the Southeast region of Nigeria displayed tribalistic voting in the 2023 presidential election.

The election was contested by the winner President Bola Tinubu, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, and former governor of Anambra State Peter Obi.

Tinubu hails from the Southwest, a region he won during the election but lost two states - Osun and also Lagos which he once governed.

Atiku hails from the Northeast, which he won but saw Tinubu rake in some votes to make him President.

However, Obi, who hails from the Southeast, won 90% of the votes in the region and even went ahead to win some states outside his region e.g Lagos.

This has made many social media users to describe the voters in the Southeast as tribalistic, while circulating a graph about the election to prove their claim.

Reacting, an X user, @seun_bigboy, urged Grok to "analyse this picture, which region was tribalistic in their voting pattern and tell me why it was tribalistic."

In responses, Grok said, "The South-East region showed the most tribalistic voting in Nigeria's 2023 election, with over 90% support for Peter Obi, an Igbo candidate, in states like Anambra (95.24%) and Enugu (93.91%). This was likely due to ethnic solidarity, driven by historical Igbo marginalization, making Obi's candidacy a unifying force. The South-West supported Bola Tinubu (Yoruba) strongly, but diverse voting, especially in Lagos where Obi got 45.81%, suggests less tribalism. The North's fragmented votes among candidates like Atiku and Kwankwaso indicate more diversity, though regional ties exist."

ASA