Nigeria elections: We'll prove we won it — Peter Obi addresses supporters

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the recently concluded Nigerian elections, has finally delivered the much-anticipated address, as he promised.

He noted that he had won the elections and would soon prove the reason why he should have been the one being addressed as the country's new President.

At a press conference, Mr. Obi noted that while he prefers peace to violence, that doesn’t change the fact that a faulty process like the just-ended elections must be challenged.

In his words, "The Labour Party won the election, and I will prove it. I have had several phone calls where I asked people to remain calm and peaceful, but that has nothing to do with what I am challenging; I am challenging the process."

He added, "If a process is faulty, it is faulty; in fact, you can’t build peace on a faulty foundation; it cannot happen anywhere in the world."

The place was filled with emotions the moment Peter Obi addressed his supporters for the first time after his defeat.

The former Anambra state governor broke into tears when reflecting on how he should have been the one being addressed as the president-elect but has been “twisted” into the favour of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress.

After the Saturday, February 25, elections, the man who has always said "it's my turn to be the president," Bola Tinubu, was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC chairman, mentioned that Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 to defeat his closest rivals and candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, who scored 6,984,520 and 6,101,533 respectively.