A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peter Obi, has reiterated his claim that he won the 2023 presidential election, insisting that the officially declared result did not reflect the true outcome.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that Obi made the assertion on Saturday while speaking on the Naija Unfiltered podcast.
The former Labour Party presidential candidate maintained that his campaign emerged victorious despite the official declaration.
“I can show you today, as far as I’m concerned, I have run an election for the office of the President of Nigeria and won. But the system decided otherwise, and they know it,” he said.
He repeated the claim for emphasis, saying, “And we won. I can show you today as far as I’m concerned. I have run for the office of the President of Nigeria and won. But the system decided otherwise, and they know it.”
PrimeTimes Nigeria understands that Obi contested the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the Labour Party (LP). He polled about six million votes in the election.
The election featured key contenders, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).