The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has told his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, that he actually won the 2023 election and he is in the Supreme Court to reclaim his mandate.
Obi said this in response to the appeal by Atiku that he should join him in the legal battle to retrieve his mandate from President Bola Tinubu at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
The former Vice President made the appeal while announcing his intention to challenge Tinubu on alleged inclusion of forged credentials credentials in the documents he submitted by the President to contest the 2023 presidential election at the Supreme Court.
However, Obi told Atiku that he was actually also trying to reclaim his ‘stolen mandate’ from Tinubu at the Supreme Court in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh.
The statement indicated that Labour Party candidate is currently in the “Supreme Court seeking to reclaim his stolen mandate and he is focused on that.”
“He has been in the vanguard of ensuring a just nation where justice must be the watchword, and he will not stop until Nigeria achieves the leadership it truly deserves.
“Obi has pontificated severally on the need for leaders to be good role models and to live a life worthy of emulation. This he has done by publicly putting his credentials in the open for verification. Nigeria will get better when men of integrity and honour drive the affairs of the nation.
“We therefore welcome every other interest willing to join us in our pursuit of a nation where justice shall reign. “
