Presidential election

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), says he is challenging the process that led to the declaration of Bola Tinubu as president-elect.

I am not challenging whatever the outcome is. Or rather, I am not challenging who they declared. I am not asking you to change what you said.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has said the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu is not the will of God. Obi said.

We want God’s wish to be truly God’s wish. “That is using God’s name in vain. The problem of Nigeria is accepting wrongdoing and what is unacceptable.

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in Nigeria's February 25 elections, has insisted that president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not win ...

“Come to Anambra with me. Obi however urged his followers to show restraint. Speaking Monday on the Morning Show on ARISE News, Obi said, “The declared winner of the election did not win.

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi said on Monday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was wrong in declaring ...

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi said on Monday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was wrong in declaring All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu winner because he did not win the February 25, 2023 presidential election. He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow him and his team access to electoral material used in declaring Asiwaju Bola Tinubu president-elect, explaining that they are not challenging their declaration of INEC, but the process by which they arrive at the declaration.

Recall wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, last week described the victory of APC's Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll as the will of God. “ ...

Mr Tinubu defeated 17 other candidates who took part in the election. That is using God’s name in vain. “It is a victory for all Nigerians.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, Peter Obi, said on Monday that the wish of ...

That is God’s wish that you conduct a wrong election? “It is not God’s wish that you go and rob a train and make money and start sharing it… It is God’s wish that we don’t have electricity.

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi said he has no grudges with the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, but with INEC.

I have no issues with his declaration as the President-elect.” He said: “I have no issues with Tinubu. He is somebody I have so much respect for as a brother and regard as a father.

Mr Tinubu was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the platform on which outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari has governed Nigeria since 29 May, ...

In 2007, he declared the election a do-or-die battle for himself and his party, determined the party’s choice of candidates, and is alleged to have blatantly manipulated the poll to ensure a favourable outcome. The election rather points towards the direction of a fairly free, fair and credible one. In contrast, sixteen years later, President Buhari not only rejected any role suggested to him in the nomination of the APC standard bearer, but some of his decisions and policies were also celebrated by the opposition under the assumption that they were targeted at stopping Mr Tinubu. This is despite his faux pas of violating the Electoral Act on Election Day when he openly displayed his ballot paper for the world to see who he voted for in what was supposed to be a secret ballot. The snapping and sharing of declared results by voters from the polling units by phone have also strengthened transparency and substantially contained the collation of fictitious figures. The first is the deployment of technological solutions, such as the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS), which has firmly ousted the use of crude force in rigging elections. The others are Ben Ayade of Cross River (APC), Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia (PDP) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu (PDP). What the report suggests is that respondents do not consider the observed lapses significant enough to damage the integrity of the election. Some media organisations, as well as a number of local and international observers, have corroborated the opposition’s claims of lapses in the conduct of the election. [Simon Lalong of Plateau](https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/548277-lalong-visits-dariye-nyame-praises-buhari-for-pardoning-ex-governors-who-stole-billions.html) (APC), Samuel Ortom of Benue (PDP) and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi (APC). These include “late arrival of INEC officials and ballot materials at the polling stations, malfunctioning of the biometric voter accreditation system (BVAS) machines, limited or non-transmission of results from polling units to the INEC Result Viewing (iReV) portal, insecurity at some polling units, including violent attacks on voters and officials, voters’ intimidation, snatching and destruction of voting materials.” Even at that, though quite ironic, some of the election results at the national legislative levels favourable to these parties have been endorsed and celebrated.

He replied those who accused him of election rigging, saying he has never asked anyone to add one vote for him. The presidential candidate of Labour Party, ...

He concluded by saying, “The job of a leader is always listening and learning.” Both of us are challenging a process that is wrong.” I can tell you he’s a fantastic guy.”

Many factors played to the advantage of Atiku in Northern Nigeria including the internal crises in many APC states.

The presidential election result from Northern Nigeria came as a surprise to many political watchers as the APC had overwhelmingly won the last two general elections in the region. Statistically, the president-elect did not, like Mr Buhari, secure overwhelming victories in the states he won in the region. Though Mr Tinubu scored the required 25 per cent in almost all the states, his performance, especially in the North-west region, was unimpressive.

THE candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 Presidential Election, Peter Obi, has said one of the problems facing the country is accepting ...

[PDP](https://www.icirnigeria.org/pdp-rejects-tinubus-victory-says-atiku-won-presidential-poll/) and [LP](https://www.icirnigeria.org/i-won-presidential-election-peter-obi-says-vows-to-reclaim-mandate/) candidates had since [rejected](https://www.icirnigeria.org/legal-battle-court-grants-atiku-obi-access-to-election-materials/) the outcome of the election and vowed to challenge it in court. “What they are actually preaching is the problem of Nigeria. Come to Anambra with me. [announced](https://www.icirnigeria.org/inec-declares-tinubu-president-elect/) the result of the election on March 1. I don’t need to go around with security. In addition, Obi stated that he is contesting the methods used to determine Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election rather than the result itself.

By John Ikani The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has challenged the notion that the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, ...

“It is not God’s wish that you go and rob a train and make money and start sharing it… “It is not God’s will for 133 million Nigerians to live in poverty, for 95 million Nigerians to be in destitution, or for the country to have collapsed healthcare and a high rate of infant mortality.” People come here, take public money and then go and give it to people in the Church…and they say it’s God’s wish…that is what we’re fighting.

Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the recently held presidential election, has said the outcome of the polls which produced Bola ...

The experience is the structure of criminality that we want to dismantle. We are committed to a new Nigeria and we hold retreat with our NASS people to teach them to be different and not join the present confusion. “There are things we need to do going forward to change the present situation. I am appealing to the people of Nigeria; it is this division that we are trying to remove.” We must follow the rule of law, as we want to build a good society.” Addressing the introduction of ethnicity ahead of the governorship election, especially in Lagos, Obi said, “Ethnic strife is people trying to do something to confuse the people. I am not asking them to change the candidate they declared; we are only challenging the process of declaration. “I contested the election not to help anybody, but to change things. This is not the first time I am going to court against INEC, I know them and I know what to expect. “We want to support other candidates of good quality in such places, and LP and Obidiebts may differ. We will go through all the legal means to ensure the right thing is done.” If they abused the rules for the election so badly, how do we expect them to obey court order?

A political juggernaut and former Anambra State 2021 Governorship aspirant, Chief Ike Oligbo, has expressed shock and dismay at the extent of election rigging ...

“The status quo of organized corruption in Nigeria cannot be allowed to continue. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Chief Ike Oligbo raised concern over the fraudulent handling of the results collation process, whereby the electoral body INEC allegedly manipulated and falsified figures in front of the world, an action he described as a farce and an international embarrassment.

By Chinonso Alozie. Owerri- The Spiritual Director of the Cananland Adoration Counselling Centre popularly known as E-DEY WORK, Reverend father Magnus Ebere ...

“What happened last two Saturdays fell short of national and international expectations as it was a charade and shamefully disappointing experience exercise. He alleged that the presidential election did not meet national and international standards. According to him, “I foresee many nations emerging from this country if things continue the way they are going on now.

A member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Emma Nwosu, has regretted the poor performances of the governing APC in.

Report has it that no single party agent represented APC in any pooling unit across the state hence the poor and highly embarrassing performance of APC in the just concluded 25th February presidential election. This is indeed very shameful to say the least and it must be reported at the national Secretariat of APC,” he said. “Late Friday Nwa Nwosu, who is the national party officer of Abia State, could not even deliver his polling unit for his party.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has declared that the outcome of the February 25, 2023 presidential election was not ...

He noted further that he has been truthful to them. because Nigerians keep accepting what is wrong and dragging God into it, but noted that the Obidient Movement was in the system to change the narrative and create a new egalitarian society. Obi, who was a guest on the AriseNews Channel’s Morning Show on Monday, was reacting to the position of some Nigerians that the outcome of the February 25, 2023 presidential election, should be seen and accepted as the wish of God.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has reacted to the ethnic strife brewing in some states, especially Lagos, following the.

Were they the ones that voted for me in Nasarawa? Were the Igbos that voted for me in Plateau? So who are the people that voted for me in Abuja? He got more votes in the South East than the South-South. In 2003, Obasanjo got over 90% of the vote in the South East despite the fact that our own leader, Ojukwu was contesting. Call it Yorubas, Igbos, Hausas, Ijaws and all the tribes that are resident in Lagos.

The leading candidates for the presidential elections are Peter Obi of the Labour Party Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, and Atiku Abubakar ...

[predicted](https://businessday.ng/news/article/stears-record-poll-size-projects-obi-to-win-on-large-turnout/) victory for Mr Obi in the event that a large number of Nigerian voters turned up to vote. According to the poll, Atiku would take 11 states and get a 25 per cent share of the votes in 27 states, while Mr Tinubu would win in nine states and get 25 per in 20 states overall. You all know that to win the presidential election in Nigeria, you need votes from everywhere," Atiku said at a press conference after the elections. Earlier in September, Premise Data [published a poll](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-28/who-will-win-nigeria-s-presidential-election-peter-obi-leads-in-opinion-poll?leadSource=uverify%20wall) where Mr Obi was the first choice of 72 per cent of participants. [voting in favour ](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-28/who-will-win-nigeria-s-presidential-election-peter-obi-leads-in-opinion-poll#xj4y7vzkg)of the LP candidate. Rabiu Kwakwanso of the New Nigerian People's Party (NNPP) is a distant fourth with only 5 per cent of the total votes," the poll predicted. On the other hand, Mr Tinubu is the only candidate that scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 29 states. [conducted](https://www.sbmintel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/202302_EiE-SBM-Election-2023-Survey-Abridged-Report_v2.pdf) by SBM Intelligence for Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria projected Mr Obi would win 15 states and cross the 25 per cent threshold in 25 states overall. Atiku got 25 per cent in 21 states while Mr Obi gained 25 per cent in 16 states. However, a total of 53 per cent of the respondents were either undecided or refused to answer. That did not change as each of the three major candidates won in 12 states of the federation. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailed with 6,984,520 votes while LP's Mr Obi came third with 6,101,533 votes.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says he is challenging the process leading to the declaration of the President-elect, ...

I am not challenging whatever the outcome is. Or rather, I am not challenging who they declared. I am not asking you to change what you said.

The Presidency has described the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections as an “improvement on past elections.” Presidential spokesperson Garba ...

The next step is for the Election Commission to ensure transparency in collation. Nigerians shocked the world by refusing religious hatred and sectarian politics. The US State department congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC and the people of Nigeria on the outcome of the “competitive election.” British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, was also quick to congratulate the winner, on this victory. The biggest and the most competitive presidential election in the history of Nigeria has been won by one man: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. No one has disputed the result of the election, except the candidates that fell short. They have alleged irregularities, especially in the result collation and announcement processes.

In a message, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu noted that the election was very competitive yet, citizens have made ...

The next step is for the Election Commission to ensure transparency in collation. Nigerians shocked the world by refusing religious hatred and sectarian politics,” he added. The US State department congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC and the people of Nigeria on the outcome of the “competitive election.” British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, was also quick to congratulate the winner, on this victory.

While a number of world leaders have congratulated the president-elect, some Western media have echoed the views of the Nigerian opposition and a section of the ...

In 2007, he declared the election a do-or-die battle for himself and his party, determined the party's choice of candidates, and is alleged to have blatantly manipulated the poll to ensure a favourable outcome. The election rather points towards the direction of a fairly free, fair and credible one. It is important to assert this, remembering that the military cited failed elections as impetus for the coup d'états of 1966 and 1983 that ended Nigeria's earlier experiments with democratic civil rule. In contrast, sixteen years later, President Buhari not only rejected any role suggested to him in the nomination of the APC standard bearer, but some of his decisions and policies were also celebrated by the opposition under the assumption that they were targeted at stopping Mr Tinubu. This is despite his faux pas of violating the Electoral Act on Election Day when he openly displayed his ballot paper for the world to see who he voted for in what was supposed to be a secret ballot. The snapping and sharing of declared results by voters from the polling units by phone have also strengthened transparency and substantially contained the collation of fictitious figures. The first is the deployment of technological solutions, such as the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS), which has firmly ousted the use of crude force in rigging elections. Some media organisations, as well as a number of local and international observers, have corroborated the opposition's claims of lapses in the conduct of the election. What the report suggests is that respondents do not consider the observed lapses significant enough to damage the integrity of the election. The others are Ben Ayade of Cross River (APC), Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia (PDP) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu (PDP). These include "late arrival of INEC officials and ballot materials at the polling stations, malfunctioning of the biometric voter accreditation system (BVAS) machines, limited or non-transmission of results from polling units to the INEC Result Viewing (iReV) portal, insecurity at some polling units, including violent attacks on voters and officials, voters' intimidation, snatching and destruction of voting materials." Even at that, though quite ironic, some of the election results at the national legislative levels favourable to these parties have been endorsed and celebrated.

The Presidency in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, one of President Muhammadu Buhari's Spokesmen, premised his position on the grounds that “No one has ...

And so did many others in ECOWAS and the African Union”. No one has disputed the result of the election, except the candidates that fell short”. Nigerians shocked the world by refusing religious hatred and sectarian politics.

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has admitted that the February 25 presidential election was not perfect. Adamu stated.

For the first time in living memory in respect of our elections, there were no allegations of vote-buying and outcry over all the other ills associated with the conduct of our elections. Our democracy is maturing, and we are maturing with it. “I am proud to say we achieved this feat and delivered on the promise made by President Muhammadu Buhari to the people.

National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress ( APC) Abdullahi Adamu, on Monday, admitted that the February 25 Presidential election...

A government of the people by the people is a servant of the people in the service of the people. “Thirdly, the news media and especially the social media are full of speculations of some of you jostling for leadership positions in the national assembly. “I was in Lagos and I could not leave Lagos because I was campaigning for my party. This is the time for you and the party to gird our loins and focus on hitting the ground running from May 29, 2023. It created bad blood within the party and between the executive and the legislature. Leadership positions at the national level is a delicate matter and must not be approached with levity or lack of seriousness. Let us remember this in all that we shall be doing in each of the two arms of government, to wit, the executive and the legislature,” he said. Whatever you do and whatever you fail to do will either impact positively or negatively on the interests of the party as a family. “Secondly, a democratic government is a government freely instituted by the people. “I know his policies will be guided by the party manifesto. “It is fair and honourable to admit that the February 25 elections were not perfect. We are now in the critical phase of forming a government.

The Presidency, yesterday, rated the February 25 presidential election, which produced the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, ...

The next step is for the election commission to ensure transparency in collation. Elsewhere, the world had been treated to epic lies, obfuscation, jingoism and hate, and told by global media to expect a different outcome. “British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, was also quick to congratulate the winner, on this victory. No one has disputed the result of the election, except the candidates that fell short. The election may not have been pluperfect, but due to the steps the government has taken, it is an improvement on previous polls. The biggest and the most competitive presidential election in the history of Nigeria has been won by one man: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja. The Presidency has declared that the February 25th presidential polls were a marked improvement from the previous ones ...

The next step is for the Election Commission to ensure transparency in collation. And so did many others in ECOWAS and the African Union. No one has disputed the result of the election, except the candidates that fell short.