Nnamani, Obi
A former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, has advised the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to withdraw his petition challenging the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election.
Nnamani, who described Obi’s petition before the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal in Abuja as dead on arrival, said rather than pursue a court case, Obi should join Tinubu in the task of building a new nation.
He called on Obi and his supporters “to align with the ebullience and conviviality of welcoming Tinubu’s victory to the Office of the President of the greatest black nation on earth.”
Nnamani made the call in a statement on Sunday, saying Obi, who came placed third in the presidential polls, could not have won because he neither had the spread nor the appeal to become Nigeria’s President.
He labelled Obi’s petition challenging Tinubu’s victory as “bad belle, petulance and demarketing.”
Nnamani said, “His petition is dead on arrival. He does not have the spread or national appeal. His appeal to non-electoral matters is to demarket the President-elect and besmirch his reputation.
“His petition is ego-driven, a joke carried too far. His attempt to highlight non-electoral issues is trying to embarrass the President-elect.
