The Director of Media and Publicity for the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council, Bayo Onanuga, has disclosed that the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will be willing to engage the Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, only if he has concrete evidence to prove he won Saturday’s presidential election.
The development is coming on the heels of Thursday’s press conference where Obi claimed that he was robbed of his mandate and he would seek legal approach to reclaim it.
An emotional Obi told newsmen that Tinubu cannot confidently tell the world that he won the poll when it was obvious that the exercise did not meet the criteria for a free and credible election.
Reacting in a statement titled ‘We will meet Mr Peter Obi in court,’ Onanuga stated that in an election where Obi emerged third, he found his allegation of fraud ‘very weird.’
He nevertheless stated that the LP candidate, like every Nigerian, is entitled to seek redress in court if he is convinced his team has evidence of the electoral frauds to present before the tribunal.
He said, “We welcome the decision of Mr. Obi to seek redress in court as an aggrieved party if he is convinced of the evidence of electoral frauds he will present before the tribunal as alleged.
“Going to court is part of the electoral process and it is the most decent, statesmanlike and civilised course of action to take. We salute the decision. It is surely better than calling supporters to the streets and instigating social unrest.
“Before Mr. Obi goes to court, we consider it necessary to challenge some specific claims in his press address. Contrary to his statement, it is not true that the election held on February 25 was not free and fair.”
According to him, the 2023 election is one of the most transparent and peaceful elections in the history of the country.