JUST IN: We Won Saturday’s Election and will Go to Court – Obi
POLITICS DIGEST – The candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the just-concluded presidential election, Peter Obi, has claimed he won the election and will explore all legal options to reclaim his ‘mandate.’
“We will explore all legal and peaceful option to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and we will prove it to Nigeria,” Obi said at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja.
“I am challenging the process,” Obi told journalists.
Just at the commencement of the briefing, Obi observed a one-minute silence for all injured and deceased victims of the February 25 poll.
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Also in attendance at the briefing is the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure; as well as the director general of Obi’s presidential campaign, Akin Osuntokun.
He also said himself and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, remain committed to a new Nigeria.
He thanked his youthful followers known as ‘Obidients’, urging them not to be deterred by the outcome of the polls.
“We will work for new Nigeria that is possible,” he said.
“Datti and I remain committed to that new Nigeria.”
He said the poll did not meet the minimum standard for a free and fair election, adding that the poll will go down as the most controversial election conducted in Nigeria.
Obi lamented that Nigeria cannot conduct election 63 years after independence
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