The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as a serial complainer.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, said Peter Obi cannot agree with the result of any election he loses or his supporters lose.
Morka, in an interview, on Tuesday, with Arise TV, explained that the Edo governorship election was free and fair.
“Now, first of all, Peter Obi is obviously, I think everyone who bothers with Nigeria’s politics knows that Peter Obi is a serial complainer. He will not accept the result of any election that is not in his favor or in favor of candidates that he supports. He has done that.
“Since the 2003 election, Peter Obi has been a consistent denial of that election and now he has a new pet project to deny the Edo election. We don’t reckon with Peter Obi because he wasn’t a candidate in Edo and he was not a voter. So whatever he thinks of that election is absolutely irrelevant. He can speak what he wants, that’s up to him,” he said.
Speaking on possible court case against the Edo governorship election result by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) governorship candidates, Asue Ighodalo and Olumide Akpata respectively, the APC spokesman stated that the party and its candidate, Governo-elect, Monday Okpebholo, are okay with the decision.
Morka argued that the two candidates have yet to prove there was manipulation of the election results in favour of the APC candidate.
“About those who were contestants in the election, I think that Olimude Akpata and Asue Ighodalo, they have legitimate interests in that election. So if they are not satisfied with the outcome of that election, they must do what they must do, which is to take this matter to court and go there to prove the allegations that they are bandying around right now because that’s what they are doing. They are simply throwing a lot of things, unsubstantiated allegations.
“When an election is done, psychologically people are wounded because you went into it to win. So when you don’t win, understandably you can be sore. But I think that I have not listened to any of them articulate or furnish any sort of reasonable evidence of all of the high sounding allegations that they make and it’s not enough to throw those things out there.
“When you get to court, it’s not about the headlines. You must break down the headlines into credible, realistic evidence before the courts to support your argument that you won the election or that there was some foul play or some manipulation as they allege. So we’re not bothered by that. When they go to court, we will of course meet them in court and also present our side of the story and that’s the beauty of democracy. He who alleges must prove,” Morka added.