The Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has assured Nigerians, especially party supporters, that he and his principal, Mr. Peter Obi, were prepared to pursue and retrieve their mandate through the legal system.
He appealed to Nigerians to continue to exercise their franchise because democracy belongs to those who could practice it.
Baba-Ahmed, who stated this at a briefing at LP Presidential Campaign Secretariat in his first comment after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect, in Abuja yesterday, said: “We ask Nigerians to continue to exercise their civic duties. ”Democracy belongs to the people who can practice it. Nigeria should continue to make efforts to practice it. The only language we understand is peace. Obi and I believe even more in Nigeria and Nigerian people.
“We won the election in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, but they refused to upload the result, they refused to refer to IREV just for them to defeat us.
“It took serving government illegality and constitutional breach to defeat Peter Obi and my humble self.
“Nigerian people are winners and Nigerian people are waiting for a day when Peter Obi and myself, through the rigors of legality and constitutionality will get to power somehow, one day.”
While appealing to Nigerians and party supporters to remain calm, he assured them that their labor to build a better Nigeria where the rule of law shall reign supreme would not be in vain.
Responding to a question as to whether the party planned a legal challenge to the outcome of the elections, he said, “Irrespective of the low level of confidence we have in the system, your responsibility is your responsibility.
“Nigerians contested for the 2023 Presidential election through Peter Obi and my humble self, we shall continue to keep the struggle alive, irrespective of the low confidence level we have in the judiciary.
