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INEC Finally Reacts To Reports claiming Peter Obi Not Tinubu Won Presidential Poll In Rivers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally addressed the claim by a news publication that Peter Obi, the Labour Party flagbearer won the 2023 presidential election in Rivers state.
Premium Times on Sunday, April 16 reported that its findings revealed Obi won the presidential election in Rivers State and not the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu .
According to The Premium Times, Obi, won the Saturday, February 25 presidential election in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state, South-south Nigeria, in line with the results uploaded on the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV).
Reacting to the development, INEC said that the trending report suggesting that Obi, won the presidential election in Rivers State and not Tinubu was “prejudicial”.
Speaking with LEADERSHIP on Sunday, April 16, in Abuja, the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi said,
“While the Premium Times reserves the right to publish reports on various issues, it is a known fact that when a matter is before a court, no one, including a media organisation, should comment on it.”
“It is for this reason that I cannot comment on it,” he further stated.
Peter Obi, following Feb 25 Presidential polls, insisted that he won the election and would explore all legal and peaceful options to prove that and reclaim the mandate of the people.
Obi stated this a short while ago during a world press conference in Abuja. According to him, Nigerian voters were robbed of their true choice.
The presidential candidate, who was almost broke down during the press conference, said that the election failed to meet the requirement and cannot be adjudged credible.
He stressed that the election will go down as one of the most controversial elections in Nigeria’s history, adding that the “Labour party won the election and I will prove it.’’
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