Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole has said that either Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, or Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, is lying for claiming victory in last Saturday’s presidential election.
Gatekeepers News earlier reported that candidates of LP and PDP claimed victory in a separate press conference for the first time on Thursday after the announcement of the election result by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday.
INEC declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC was the winner of the Saturday, 25th February Presidential election.
During their separate briefings, the two politicians vowed to go to court to challenge the victory of Bola Tinubu and the APC, insisting that their mandates were stolen by the ruling party.
Obi categorically told the press that he won the presidential election in an earlier press conference and Atiku made the victory claim later on Thursday evening.
However, the former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, who won the Edo North senatorial election on Saturday, said the two men are accusing themselves of rigging each other out.
Oshiomhole told Channels TV, “Between His Excellency Peter Obi, my very good friend and His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, one of them must be lying.
“So, between the two of them, they must be trying to rig each other out, so one of them must be lying and when they go to court, I am sure that is one thing that will be shown when you have two people claiming victory.
“So, they are indirectly accusing one another of rigging each other out even for the second position.”
