The presidency has reacted to the press conference earlier today by Labour Party presidential candidate in the last election, Mr Peter Obi.
Obi had decried the ruling of the Supreme Court affirming Bola Tinubu as the president of the country and wondered why the apex court justices ignored the case of forgery against Tinubu.
Reacting to Obi’s media briefing, Bayo Onanuga, a presidential media aide, said the Labour Party candidate presented “the most watery and unreasonable petition before any court in the history of electoral cases in Nigeria.”
He added:
He made false allegations of rigging and other electoral malpractices yet could not produce any evidence to back up his claims at both the court of first instance and at the apex court.
“In a failed effort to mobilise and retain the support of his supporters, Obi gave them a forlorn hope that he won the election and would prove it before the courts.
“Throughout the trial, his lawyers didn’t present any alternative results different from the results INEC uploaded on the IReV portal and the ones signed by all party agents from the 176,000 polling units.
“We wonder how the Labour Party candidate expected the courts to do justice on the basis of rumours, lies and false narratives by sponsored partisans and fanatical members of his Obidient Movement.
“We expected the Labour Party candidate to know that the Supreme Court or any other court does not give judgment based on public opinion and mob sentiments. Judicial pronouncements are based on evidence, precedents and the rule of law.”
The presidency added that Nigerians rejected Obi “because he posed present and future danger to the peace, progress and stability of our country.”
“Obi’s antecedents as Governor of Anambra for eight years didn’t inspire any confidence as someone capable of running a country like Nigeria. No tangible records of achievement in the state he governed recommended him for the Presidency of Nigeria.
”If Mr Peter Obi truly believes in Nigeria, the time to prove it is now when all men and women of goodwill are rallying support for President Tinubu in his determination to lead a new era of prosperity, inclusive governance and economic growth in Nigeria,” the statement added.
