I won the election, I will reclaim it, says Obi

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said he won the Saturday, February 25th Presidential elections.

The candidate, who said  he would prove it to Nigerians, said the process of the election was flawed.

He stated that he would go to court to challenge the ‘rascality’ as advised by Nigerians.

Obi spoke during his first  press conference in Abuja on Wednesday after the election

He lamented the way the Saturday Presidential election was conducted 63 years after independence.

He said that it would have been better to invest the billions of naira spent on the election on something else.

Obi Nigeria ppealed to the youth of the country not to despair, and to be strong in the pursuit of the desire for a new dawn.

He called out all members of the Obidient movement to go out en masse to cast their votes during the governorship election.

He stressed that all legal and peaceful options would be deployed to reclaim the mandate of the people.

He dismissed insinuations that there was coalition between the LP and the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said, “For a new Nigeria, and the trust in that new Nigeria, Datti and my good self, I thank them for the hard work. We have  gratitude to  Obidients. The youth who believe a new Nigeria is possible and I say to them a new Nigeria is possible and we will work for that new Nigeria that is possible.

“Their resilience and hard work for a new Nigeria should not wane.

“Datti and I remain committed to that new Nigeria. I know how they will be feeling now because of the way the elections have come and gone. The commitment and resilience of Nigerians even in the face of unwarranted attacks is a testimony that a new Nigeria is possible.

“I look at people like lady Jennifer who was stabbed but  insisted on voting. And that gives me courage to believe that a new Nigeria is indeed possible and so many other  Nigerians.

“The election we just witnessed has been conducted and results announced as programmed. It is a clear perversion of electoral rules and guidelines as we were promised.

“This election did not meet the minimum standard expected of a free,  transparent, credible and fair election. It will go down as one of the most controversial elections ever conducted in Nigeria.

“The good and hardworking people of Nigeria have again being robbed by our supposed leaders whom they trusted.

“However let me humbly appeal to all Nigerians to remain peaceful, law abiding and conduct themselves in the most responsible manner. Please be assured this is not the end, but the beginning of the journey for the birth of a new Nigeria.

“Datti and I remain absolutely undaunted and deeply committed to the project of a new Nigeria that will be built on honesty, transparency,fairness, justice and equity.

“All the above starts with a process . The process through which people come into office is far more fundamental, more important than what they do there after.

“It is my belief that I maintain so consistently that if you must answer his excellency the process through which you arrive to office must be excellent.

“We must now require that we do the right things in order to generate the required confidence and moral authority to lead.”