Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, claimed on Wednesday that the APC would have been more successful in advancing Nigeria if it had chosen Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as its candidate.
At Dele Momodu’s 63rd birthday celebration in London, Obi made this remark while chatting with a few of the attendees.
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The former governor of Anambra State claimed in the 52-second video that he had once challenged the APC leadership, telling them that if they wanted Nigeria to function as a progressive nation, they should have simply given Osinbajo the party’s presidential nomination.
He said;
I am desperate to see Nigeria working, I can’t hide it. I even confronted them if you want it, why didn’t you bring Osinbajo so that we can have people who want to work for the country?
Nigeria needs a healthy person and someone like him working 24 hours. Let’s have the place working for everyone.
Peter Obi had filed a petition to challenge the victory of APC’s Bola Tinubu as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
He claimed that a number of anomalies occurred during the election, including Kashim Shettima and Tinubu’s disqualification from running as candidates.
He claimed that Tinubu fell short of winning the majority of the legitimate votes cast in the poll, just as he was unable to win one-fourth of the legitimate votes cast in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Obi also disputed the claim that the election was held in significant violation of the law.
