Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said leaders who emerge through a rigged election process cannot be said to be the will of God for Nigeria.
Obi said this much as he slammed calls from certain quarters urging him to accept the outcome of this year’s presidential poll on the pretext that it might be a divine wish for Nigeria as only God gives power.
Obi, while featuring on an Arise Television’s show, Monday, said the problems facing Nigeria have become endemic because of the notion of accepting what is wrong and unacceptable as God’s wish for the country.
“The problem of Nigeria is accepting what is unacceptable. That’s not God’s wish. God’s wish is when you do the right thing. Is it God’s wish that we remain poor as a country despite his abundant blessings on us?” Obi said.
The former Anambra state Governor, however, said he and his Obidient Movement are aiming at a systemic change that would create an egalitarian society.
Obi lamented that “It is a saddening fact that after 63 years as a nation, Nigeria is yet unable to conduct a good election. The February 25 presidential election is the worst in Nigeria’s history considering that the Electoral Law of 2022 was enacted to ensure free, fair and credible elections.”
While calling for calm ahead of this Saturday’s guber poll, especially in Lagos where ethnic tension keeps rising over his victory in the February 25 poll, Obi said it is not ethnic but some mischievous persons trying to create such an impression.
Obi added that many non-Igbos and Yorubas who share the aspiration for new Nigeria voted for him saying: “Even if Igbos voted for me, this is not the first time they are voting for people, they had voted massively like this for Olusegun Obasanjo even when he lost an election in his region and they also gave Jonathan more votes than South-South states and all these brouhahas did not happen.”
The presidential candidate also reiterated his support for LP governorship candidates in Enugu, Abia, Lagos, and Plateau states among others, and directs his supporters to vote for them.
He, however, vowed to challenge the electoral process that returned President-elect Bola Tinubu as winner until the right thing is done, stressing that accepting the wrong thing is what has kept the nation down.
