The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) has replied to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) who earlier today addressed a press conference where he threatened to seek redress in court.
In the conference,Obi claimed that he won the Feb. 25 Presidential election but he was robbed of his victory, saying he would reclaim his stole mandate.This brought reaction to the APC PCC while releasing a statement, putting the record straight and assuring that the party would be ready to meet Obi in court.
The statement was signed by the PCC Director of Media & Publicity, Mr Bayo Onanuga with the title:WE WILL MEET MR. PETER OBI IN COURT. The statement read in part “We watched with dismay today’s press conference addressed by the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi where he made very weird and wild claims about the outcome of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections, an election in which he emerged a second runner up, according to the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.” 
“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 fraud 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.”
“We believe that the Labour Party Presidential Candidate contradicted himself and exposed himself to public ridicule by suggesting that the election was only credible in states and places his party won.We need us to forewarn Mr. Obi, that when he gets to court he should be prepared to tell the world how his party won over 90% of votes in his region of South East while other parties got almost nothing. We have evidence of voters suppression, intimidation and harassment in South East especially of those who came out to vote for our party.”
“All the major parties that contested the election also have strong youth appeal and supporters.The lesson in Mr. Obi’s defeat in the election is that no politician in Nigeria can win a presidential race by being a sectional and an anointed candidate of any religion.God created our country in a way to make it impossible for any part of the country to exist without the other. The framers of our constitution also worked to bind our country together with provisions that will make it impossible for a section of the country and any religion to have political domination over the other.What this means is that any aspiring politician for the presidency of Nigeria must have a Pan Nigeria appeal and strong support and must be embraced by adherents of other religions.Mr. Obi and his party knew why they failed. They knew they had no path to victory with their negative and dangerous campaign.We owe Labour Party and Peter Obi the blunt truth: They failed in the election. No amount of red-herring and misinformation about the election and the outcome can obliterate this reality.The President-Elect who was the candidate of our party won a Pan Nigeria mandate in a free, fair and credible election.He is ready and prepared to assume office so he can serve the people of our country with sincerity and honour.”
