The presidential candidate of the Labour Party has declared that he actually won the 2023 presidential election.
The former Anambra State governor claimed he was robbed of his mandate. He vowed to seek redress in a court of law.
Obi spoke in his first media briefing since the Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
He said, “We’ll explore all legal options to retrieve our mandate. We won the election. I’m fully committed to a better future for the country and nothing can stop that.
“For the election on Saturday go out there and vote. I’ll be part of it, I assure you.”
Obi said he had not congratulated the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, because he intended to challenge the process that produced him in court.
“I have not made calls to anybody. The two contenders are my fathers, but on this issue, I’m challenging the process.”
While Tinubu won Saturday’s election, Obi came a distant third after the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
Obi said: “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 ‘Obidient’. So I will go to where they ask us to go.”
Peter Obi 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.
“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,” the Labour Party presidential candidate said.
