The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has lambasted the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for challenging the electoral process of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and not the outcome of the February 25th, 2023 presidential election.
Sowore, on Twitter, accused Obi of still loving the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Their Uncle @officialABAT carried out an election heist of the worst order, @peterobi however still loves him as a fatherly figure, so in a rigmarole, he does not believe in challenging the outcome but just wanna challenge the process.
“This is like saying someone robbed your house and took everything but you’re only gonna challenge the getaway car maker! Because the robber is a beloved uncle! #RevolutionNow,” Sowore posted.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) earlier reported that Obi had revealed his spotlight on a petition at the Presidential Elections Tribunal (PET).
According to Obi, he wants to challenge both the electoral process of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president-elect.
“Following my response to a question while appearing on Arise TV earlier today, I want to state categorically that at the Presidential Elections Tribunal (PET), I am challenging the INEC electoral process that led to the declaration of Tinubu as president-elect as well as the Declaration itself,” Obi’s tweet read.
Former Lagos State governor, Tinubu, was declared the winner by INEC in the hotly contested election that saw the Labour Party candidate coming second behind Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to INEC, 70-year-old Tinubu, scored the highest number of votes — 8,794,726 after coming out tops in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states. Atiku, 76, scored got 6,984,520 votes equally winning 12 states to place second, while 61-year-old Obi scored 6,101,533, winning in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory to come third.
However, both Obi and Atiku have since rejected the declaration of INEC and have gone to court to challenge the outcome of the election.