By Chesa Chesa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has criticised Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his claim that he won the election, describing the statement as a disregard for facts and evidence.
The council, in a press statement issued on Friday by its spokesman, Dele Alake, faulted Obi’s remarks during a recent interview with the BBC, in which he reportedly insisted that he won the election despite admitting that he had no evidence to support the claim.
Obi was quoted as saying: “I don’t like going back to the past. I won the last election. There’s no evidence, but I won the election. Everything is not based on evidence.”
Reacting, the APC campaign council described the remarks as a “troubling display of delusion”, accusing the former Anambra State governor of making unsubstantiated claims.
The council said Obi’s insistence that he won the election, despite the official results and subsequent court judgments, raised questions about his commitment to facts and truth.
It said, “For a candidate who placed a distant third in the presidential poll to persistently insist he won — without evidence and contrary to all official records — reflects a deep and troubling disconnection from reality and absolute disregard for facts and truth.”
The APC maintained that President Bola Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election, noting that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner and that the election tribunal and the Supreme Court upheld the outcome.
The council also defended Tinubu’s administration, claiming that it had introduced reforms to stabilise the economy, expand infrastructure, support businesses and young people, improve education and healthcare, and create job opportunities.
It further challenged Obi to honour an earlier pledge to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if it was established that his administration left liabilities in Anambra State.
According to the APC council, the state’s financial records had now established the existence of such liabilities.
The statement also questioned the sources of Obi’s claims, accusing him of repeatedly exaggerating facts.
Obi, who contested the 2023 presidential election on the Labour Party platform, finished third behind Tinubu of the APC and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.
