The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has challenged Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, to provide evidence for his claim that he won the presidential election, following his remarks in a BBC interview published on Friday.
The APC council’s spokesperson, Dele Alake, made the challenge in a statement on Friday, October 9, 2026, after Obi maintained that he won the election despite acknowledging during the interview that he had no evidence to substantiate his claim.
Obi, who is now identified in the report as the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, was questioned about his position after the courts dismissed his challenge to the 2023 election results.
“Well, quite frankly, I don’t like going back to the past. I still say what I said,” Obi said.
When asked whether he had evidence to support his claim, he replied, “There is no evidence. Everything is not based on evidence. I won the election, and that is where I will end.”
Reacting, Alake described Obi’s remarks as troubling, insisting that claims about the outcome of a presidential election should be supported by evidence.
“Where is Obi sourcing his facts?” he asked.
Alake said the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Presidential Election Petition Court and the Supreme Court had affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory.
Tinubu, the APC candidate, was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election with 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party polled 6,984,520 votes. Obi came third with 6,101,533 votes.
Obi challenged the election result at the Presidential Election Petition Court, alleging irregularities and seeking to overturn Tinubu’s victory.
However, the tribunal dismissed his petition in September 2023, holding that he had failed to establish the grounds required to nullify the election.
The Supreme Court subsequently upheld Tinubu’s victory in October 2023, dismissing appeals filed by Obi and Atiku.
Alake also defended the Tinubu administration, citing its economic reforms, infrastructure development and initiatives targeting businesses and young Nigerians.
He said the government was working to stabilise the economy and improve education, healthcare and employment opportunities.
The APC spokesperson further challenged Obi to honour an earlier pledge to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if it was established that his administration had left liabilities in Anambra State, where he served as governor from 2006 to 2014.
The exchange comes as political parties and aspirants position themselves ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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