The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has faulted the conduct of the 2023 general elections, citing irregularities in the just concluded exercise.
Obi, 61, lost to Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by almost two million votes after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the result on Wednesday.
While Obi finished in third place polling 6,101,533, Tinubu raked in 8,794,726 to emerge the winner of the keenly contested poll.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Obi said: “Is this what we spent billions to do? We should have used that billions to do something else and announce what we announced.”
The former Anambra Governor insisted that he won the February 25th presidential election and will explore all legal means to retrieve the mandate.
According to the LP presidential candidate, last Saturday’s poll did not meet the minimum standard of a free and fair election.
Speaking further, he appealed to his supporters to be calm, saying their support will not be in vain.
Obi explained that he and his team are committed to building a better Nigeria, expressing hope that the judiciary will help him reclaim his stolen mandate
