The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023
presidential election, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, said the All Progressives
Congress would have succeeded in moving Nigeria forward if it had chosen Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo as its candidate.
Obi said this while exchanging pleasantries with some guests
at Dele Momodu’s 63rd birthday in London.
In the 52-second video that went viral on social media
platforms, the former Anambra State governor said he had one time confronted
the leadership of APC that if they wanted Nigeria to work as a progressive
country, they should have just given Osinbajo the party’s presidential ticket.
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,” he added.
Recall that Obi had filed a petition to challenge the
victory of APC’s Bola Tinubu as announced by the Independent National Electoral
Commission.
Obi, who came third in the election, filed his petition to
challenge the outcome of the poll at the Presidential Election Petition Court
in Abuja around midnight on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
He alleged that the election was characterised by various
irregularities including the non-qualification of Tinubu and his running mate,
Kashim Shettima, to contest the election.
He also alleged that Tinubu failed to win the majority of
the lawful votes cast in the election, and just as he could not secure
one-quarter of the lawful votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Obi also challenged that the election was conducted in
substantial non-compliance with the provision of the law.
Following the resumption of the sitting today, the court has
adjourned to Friday, May 19, 2023, the pre-hearing of Obi’s petition against
Tinubu.
The court headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani fixed the date,
following the failure of parties in the petition to agree on documents among
other reasons.
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