Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the last presidential elections, said he would take legal redress in court to prove that he won the polls.
The former Anambra state governor made this declaration while addressing the press on Thursday, March 2, in his first public address since losing the election.
Ikeja Bird recalls that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, was declared the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday, February 25, by the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Yakub Mahmood, the INEC chairman, said Tinubu polled the highest number of votes in the election and met the requirement of the law.
The outcome, however, did not go well with many Nigerians, with the supporters of both LP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleging that the process was marred heavily by violence, and massive rigging.
Peter Obi said the election was a “clear deviation from the electoral rules”, adding that he would recover his mandate.
“Let me reassure the good people of Nigeria that we will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and I will prove it to Nigerians.
“The election that we just witnessed had been conducted and the results announced as programmed. It is a clear deviation from electoral rules and guidelines contrary to what we were promised. This election did not meet the minimum standard expected of a free, fair, transparent and credible election. It will 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,” he said.
