The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described the last round of general elections as an exhibition of motion without movement in the country’s political trajectory, insisting that it is the worst in its history.
He, however, expressed utmost confidence in Nigeria’s judiciary despite many controversial rulings on some matters. Obi, speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise programme on Thurday, said his confidence is drawn from the fact that the Justices are Nigerians and are aware of how bad the situation has been in the country.
“They, the Justices, desire a better Nigeria for themselves and their children and that can only come through doing the right thing and telling the people the truth on any situation.
“For me, I have no cause to doubt the courts. It’s we the politicians that are bent on corrupting every aspect of our national life.” Obi, however, berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to transmit results of the presidential election in real-time via its portal, saying the conduct of the exercise has downgraded the country.
“We have seen probably what I consider the worst election in our recent history because of the Electoral Law of 2022, which gave so much hope and the huge expenditure we put into technology,” the former Anambra State governor said.
“All these happened despite the humungous amount budgeted for the election. Do you know what it means to spend over $1 billion? So, there was so much that was promised and then we went back to what it used to be. For me, that is very devastating.” Obi reiterated his earlier position that what INEC declared is false, pointing out that he’s challenging the process and the declaration.
“My trust in INEC has evaporated with what they did on February 25, setting out a rule for the election and abandoning it in the middle of the game.”
The LP candidate, who has challenged the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the exercise, is, however, optimistic about getting justice.