The Labour Party (LP) says the All Progressives Congress
(APC) did not win the presidential election but “stole” the the people’s
mandate.
The LP was reacting to a comment by President Muhammadu Buhari that opposition
parties lost the poll due to overconfidence and bad tactics.
Obiora Ifoh, LP’s acting national publicity secretary, in a
statement on Friday, said “the president was “completely wrong to say
opposition parties lost because of over confidence”.
He said the opposition parties lost the poll because “it was manipulated and rigged beyond comprehension”.
“The Labour Party is
very worried and disturbed with the statement from the office of the President
wherein he said that the opposition parties lost the 2023 presidential election
because of their overconfidence, complacency and bad tactical moves, and which
he claimed created more problems for them,” the statement reads.
“We want to point it out clearly to President Muhammadu
Buhari that his position on the outcome of the said election was false, untrue,
and it is not a true reflection of what played out during the election.
“There are several reasons why opposition political parties
lost the 2023 election; the first is that the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) snubbed the electoral act wherein it failed to upload the
result from the polling unit in real time as promised and in disregard to the
laws guiding the election. The INEC by so doing, created room for that election
to be rigged.
“Again, the current
APC president elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu didn’t win the election, because the
said election, particularly, the presidential election was manipulated and
rigged beyond comprehension.
“So political parties didn’t lose election because of over
confidence or complacency as proffered by Mr. President, APC, in collaboration
with the various government agencies, simply rigged the election and rigged
themselves into power.
“All of these put together. Do they amount to over
confidence and complacency on the part of the opposition party? It shows that
the President who promised Nigerians that he was going to give Nigerians a
free, fair, and credible election simply failed in his duty in giving Nigerians
the election they deserved.
“So, Mr. President is completely wrong. I believe that he
was ill advised. It was erroneous for him to say that opposition parties lost
election because of over confidence.
“In fact, Labour
Party won the election but it was brazenly stolen by APC. Mr. President is
aware of the fact that APC did not win the election and that it was stolen.”
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