Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate for president in the February 25 presidential and national assembly elections, has stated that he is contesting the procedures used to declare Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the election’s winner, not the declaration itself.
Obi said this during his appearance on Arise TV Monday morning.
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.
“I am only challenging the process through which INEC declared him as the President-elect. I have no issues with his declaration as the President-elect.”
Obi appealed the electoral body to rise up to the responsibility of helping Nigeria build a viable global image.
“We are committed to a new Nigeria. We must do everything that is right.
“We need to build strong democratic institutions that will teach people what their job requires and what government is all about,” he said.