The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said his party won the elections conducted on February 25, and that he will explore all legal and peaceful means prove it.
Obi stated this while speaking at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja in his first public appearance since the conclusion of the presidential poll.
He lamented that the number of voters in the 2023 election reduced sharply by 20% despite the increase in the number of registered voters and persons who collected their PVC in 2023.
His words, “You can’t build Peace on a Faulty Foundation”
“I will Go to Court. This Structure of Criminality cannot Last.”
“If you must be addressed as ‘Your Excellency’, the process that brought you in must be excellent.
“I am assuring all the good people of Nigeria that we will explore every legal and peaceful means to reclaim our mandate because WE WON THE ELECTION.
“I can never be put under pressure by anyone, it’s not just about me. It’s about everyone having a better society.
“I’m challenging a process that is wrong. I’ve done this before AND WON. So, NO PRESSURE.
“This is not the end but the beginning of the birth of a new a Nigeria.”
“Nigerians, especially the youths, believed in and worked tirelessly for a new Nigeria.
“Gratitude to the Obidients, those who believed a new Nigeria is possible and I say to them a new Nigeria is possible and we will work for that new Nigeria that is possible.
“The commitment and silence of Nigerians, even in the face of unwarranted panic attacks, is a testimony that a new Nigeria is indeed possible.
“Look at people like Lady Jennifer, who was stabbed and still went on to vote, then that gives me the courage to believe that a new Nigeria is indeed possible.
“They asked us to go the court. Remember, I’m an ‘Obedient’. So I will go to where they ask us to go.”
“The reason for the reduction is due to manipulation and removal of votes here and there. We have chosen that we will challenge this rascality for the future of this country.
“Nigeria can’t conduct credible elections after 63 years of independence. It’s something we should all reflect on.
“We are not in an alliance. We’re discussing and in partnership with other people and any other Nigerian who feels hurt as we do”.
INEC declared the former Lagos State Governor winner of the election after he polled 8,794,726 votes.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the International Collation Centre in Abuja, during the early hours of Wednesday.
The former Lagos State governor came out tops in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, and secured significant numbers in several other states to claim the highest number of votes — 8,794,726.
This is almost two million votes more than his closest rival — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
Atiku, 76, who has now run for presidency six times, got 6,984,520 votes, while the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who, in less than a year, galvanised young voters in a manner some have described as unprecedented, finished the race with 6,101,533.
