Obi rejects election results, vows to challenge process in court
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday, vowed to challenge the outcome of the 25 February, 2023 election in court, declaring that he was the actual winner of the election, contrary to announcement made by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Penpushing reports that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, it is recalled had on Wednesday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the elections, having polled the majority votes of 8,794,726.
The candidate of the Labour Party (LP) on Thursday, precisely 24 hours after the electoral commission announcement, faulted the results, during a press conference, stating that the will of the people had been suppressed.
Penpushing further reports that Obi who was flanked by the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) , Julius Abure, and the Director General of his campaign, Akin Osuntokun at the press conference vowed to explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim his mandate.
“We will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and we will prove it to Nigerians,” he said at the press briefing in Abuja. “We were asked to go to the court. Is that not what they said? So let’s go there”, he declared
Penpushing also reports that Obi, who was a former Governor of Anambra State asked his supporters to remain calm and peaceful, urging them to go out and vote in the forthcoming gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections.
“Please do not despair, we have elections coming up on 11th, I enjoin you to go and campaign and urge people to come out and vote in an election, we still have so many massive supporters out there that we need for our sub national and state house of assembly election,” he said
“Elections have been conducted and results announced as programmed. It is a clear version from electoral rules and guidelines as we were promised. This election as you know did not meet the minimum standard expected of a free, transparent, credible, fair election. It would go down as one of the most controversial elections ever conducted in Nigeria.
“The good and hardworking people of Nigeria have again been robbed by our supposed leaders whom they trusted. However, let me humbly appeal to most Nigerians to remain peaceful, law abiding and conduct themselves in the most responsible manner’, Obi stated.
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