The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday, rejected the judgement of the presidential election petitions tribunal.
It would be recalled that the tribunal had, on Wednesday, dismissed various charges filed by Obi and the LP to challenge the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25 poll.
The former Anambra state governor, while speaking at a press conference in Anambra, said he would not relent in the quest for justice and would appeal the judgement of the tribunal.
He said, “As petitioners in this case, we respect the views and rulings of the court, but we disagree with the court’s reasoning and conclusions in the judgment it delivered.”
“It is my intention as a presidential candidate and the intention of the Labour Party to challenge this judgment by way of appeal immediately, as allowed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Our legal team has already received our firm instruction to file an appeal against the decision. I shall not relent in the quest for justice, not necessarily for myself but for our teeming supporters all over the country and beyond whose mandate to us at the polls was regrettably truncated by INEC.”
Ob, however, urged Nigerians to remain focused, steadfast, and peaceful while imploring his supporters to abide by the rule of law and understand that “this matter has not reached its logical conclusion”, adding a new Nigeria is possible.
Obi, while thanking his supporters, his legal team and all those who showed up during the court trials, furthered that the electoral litigations will be non-existent in the country if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) discharges its statutory functions creditably, transparently and with discernible fairness.