The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has faulted the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for insisting that he won the last presidential election despite acknowledging that he had no evidence to back his claim.
The council described Obi’s remarks as a disturbing sign of delusion, accusing him of ignoring facts and the truth.
In a statement released on Friday, the council’s spokesperson, Dele Alake, criticised comments made by Obi during a recent interview with the BBC, in which the former Anambra State governor maintained that he won the 2023 presidential election.
Obi, who has been linked to the Nigeria Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 presidential election, was quoted as saying, “I don’t like going back to the past; I won the last election. There’s no evidence, but I won the election, as everything is not based on evidence.”
Reacting to the interview, the APC council argued that Obi’s continued insistence that he won the election, despite the official results, showed that he was disconnected from reality.
“For a candidate who placed a distant third in the presidential poll to persistently insist he won, without evidence and contrary to all official records, reflects a deep and troubling disconnection from reality and absolute disregard for facts,” the statement read.
The council reaffirmed that President Bola Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election, stating that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner and that the outcome was subsequently upheld by both the Presidential Election Petition Court and the Supreme Court.
It also defended the Tinubu administration, claiming that its ongoing economic reforms had contributed to economic stability, infrastructure development, support for small businesses, improvements in healthcare and education, and job creation.
Furthermore, the APC campaign council challenged Obi to fulfil his promise to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if official records showed that his administration had left liabilities in Anambra State.
The council claimed that financial records from the state had already established the existence of such liabilities.