“I’m not challenging their declaration. Or rather, I am not challenging who they declared. I am not challenging whatever the outcome is. I’m challenging the process by which they arrived at their declaration.'
While reiterating his utmost respect for traditional rulers and religious leaders, the former Anambra governor disagreed with the narrative being pushed by some of them that the outcome of the recent polls as pronounced by INEC was the wish of God for the country.
“That is using God’s name in vain. That is not what God is saying. God said do not use my name in vain.“So are they saying that the 133 million Nigerians who are poor is God’s wish? Why don’t we accept that 95 million Nigerians living in absolute poverty is God’s wish? It is God’s wish that your children are kidnapped? It is God’s wish that we have collapsed Primary Health Care making us the country with the highest infant mortality.
Mr Obi said the country has laws guiding the conduct of elections and that it is not the wish of God that they should be violated. Mr Obi’s Labour Party pulled over six million votes, trailing Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of theMr Obi said he is not interested in challenging the “outcome” of the election but more in the process in which the election was conducted.“INEC is a public institution and it should be open. Because if you do something and people are not satisfied then you should be able to open up yourself,” Mr Obi said.
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