The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has criticised Peter Obi over his claim that he won the 2023 presidential election despite admitting that he had no evidence to support it.
The council’s spokesman, Dele Alake, stated this in a press statement issued on October 9, 2026, describing Obi’s remarks during a recent BBC interview as troubling.
Obi reportedly said, “I don’t like going back to the past. I won the last election. There’s no evidence, but I won the election. Everything is not based on evidence.”
Reacting, Alake questioned Obi’s position, arguing that a presidential candidate should support claims about election outcomes with evidence.
“Nothing is more annoying than Obi’s recent claim that he won the 2023 presidential election, while simultaneously admitting he lacks the evidence to support it,” he said.
The APC campaign council argued that Obi’s remarks showed disregard for facts and evidence, adding that making unsubstantiated claims was inappropriate for someone seeking to lead the country.
“There is simply no end to Obi’s posturing and no end to his shenanigans and farce,” the statement said.
Alake further maintained that the official results of the 2023 presidential election contradicted Obi’s claim.
“For a candidate who placed a distant third in the presidential poll to persistently insist he won without evidence and contrary to all official records reflects a deep and troubling disconnection from reality and absolute disregard for facts and truth,” he stated.
The council insisted that President Bola Tinubu won the election, noting that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner and that the Presidential Election Petition Court and the Supreme Court upheld the result.
“At the pain of restating the factually obvious, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the 2023 election decisively. There can be no doubt about it,” the statement added.
The APC campaign council also defended Tinubu’s administration, saying it had introduced reforms aimed at stabilising the economy, expanding infrastructure, supporting businesses and young people, improving education and healthcare, and creating jobs.
The council further challenged Obi to honour an earlier pledge to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if evidence showed that his administration left liabilities in Anambra State.
“We again call on Peter Obi to act honourably and honour his earlier pledge to exit the 2027 presidential race if it is proven that his administration left behind liabilities in Anambra State a fact now clearly established by the state’s financial records,” the statement said.
The statement was signed by Dele Alake, spokesman for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, and dated October 9, 2026.