A youth leader, Frankline Awuzie has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, did not commit any crime known to Nigerian laws by approaching court to challenge the declaration of Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
At a Press conference in Owerri on Thursday, Awuzi, said that the plots to incriminate Obi simply because he is challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election would backfire.
He flayed the Minister of Information and Culture, Lia Muhammed, for attempting to link Obi to treasonable charges.
The youth leader said that rather than crucify Obi, the political elite should commend him for insisting to explore legal options in challenging the outcome of the presidential election.
He said: ” in our laws, challenging the outcome of an election in court, the Election Petitions Tribunal as the case in Nigeria is not a crime. The plot to indict Obi for disagreeing with what INEC did on February 25 will backfire”.
He pointed out that from the doctoring of his telephone conversation with Bishop David Oyedepo to the treasonable charges preferred against him by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lia Muhammed are all desperate plots to shut Mr Peter Obi up.
He said: “Obi himself has also confirmed that there is pressure on him to leave the country but those who are plotting this wickedness against a man Nigerians freely gave their votes have suddenly forgotten that going to court to challenge the outcome of an election is part of the electioneering processes”.
He appealed to them to let Peter Obi be, adding that Obi hasn’t committed any crime.
He said: “Our courts will decide who actually won the February 25 presidential election. Peter Obi is a man of the people. He has meticulously followed and obeyed the rule of law.”
