Mr Peter Obi continues to display a troubling lack of character, candour, and dignity. One would count on his newest twaddle to return from overzealous supporters reasonably than a presidential candidate who’s changing into a veteran of the race. Perhaps the grasp and his followers are two sides of the identical rotten coin.
Nothing is extra annoying than Obi’s latest declare that he received the 2023 presidential election, whereas concurrently admitting he lacks the proof to assist it.
In a latest interview on the BBC, Obi said: “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.”
By Obi’s logic, it’s acceptable to make outrageous claims with out a shred of proof or verisimilitude. For him, it’s so as and acceptable to make allegations with out substantiation or to behave on impulse by airing unsubstantiated conjectures.
This is deeply troubling. There is just no finish to Obi’s posturing and no finish to his shenanigans and farce.
For a candidate who positioned a distant third within the presidential ballot to persistently insist he received — with out proof and opposite to all official data — displays a deep and troubling disconnection from actuality and absolute disregard for details and fact.
This fixed behavior of exaggerating details is unbecoming of a person who aspires to guide our nice nation.
Where is Obi sourcing his details? Could it’s from his notorious adviser at Upper Iweka Junction or from one Obedient punching the laptop computer for the subsequent submit from California or Dallas?
At the ache of restating the factually apparent, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received the 2023 election decisively. There might be little doubt about it. The Independent National Electoral Commission confirmed his victory. The election tribunal and the nation’s highest court docket affirmed it.
President Tinubu has continued to discharge his mandate, advancing key reforms which have stabilised the economic system, expanded infrastructure, supported companies and youth, upgraded training and healthcare, and created job alternatives.
We once more name on Peter Obi to behave honourably and honour his earlier pledge to exit the 2027 presidential race whether it is confirmed that his administration left behind liabilities in Anambra State—a reality now clearly established by the state’s monetary data.
Dele Alake
Spokesman
APC Presidential Campaign Council
October 9, 2026
