The candidate of the Labour party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Monday, said his dream for a new Nigeria has not ended with the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court.
Obi spoke at a press conference in Abuja about two weeks after the apex court affirmed the February 25, 2023 electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Obi, who faulted the judgment of the apex court, however agreed that the end has come to the legal battle of the last election.
Addressing his supporters popularly known as ‘Obidients’, the former governor of Anambra State said a destination is not an event but a journey.
Although the 62-year-old businessman, who addressed the media alongside his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, did not explicitly disclose whether he would run for President again in 2027, he said the end has not come for his journey for a new Nigeria.
Obi appreciated “the energy and dedication of Nigerian youths and the Obidient movement”.
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He said, “I want to assure them that this is not the end of our journey but in fact the beginning. Nigerians heard you, the world has taken note and we will not forget easily. We shall endure; persist until we reach our destination because new Nigeria is our destination. A destination is not an event.”
Obi and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, had challenged the victory of Tinubu in the last election up to the apex court.
Obi noted that the Supreme Court’s judgment broke the confidence Nigerians have in the judiciary.
According to Obi, the judgment marks the end of his search for justice over the conduct of the 2023 presidential election.
He said: “The energy of Nigerian youths has been amazing and I want to assure them that this is not the end of our journey but it is the beginning
“We shall endure, persist until we reached our destination because one Nigeria is our destination.”