Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, won the just-concluded presidential election.
In a statement issued on Friday, Fayose said the February 25 presidential election was free, fair, and credible as opposed to the claim made by the opposition parties.
The former governor said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was too fractured to win the just-concluded presidential election, adding that the party and the Labour Party (PDP) didn’t win the exercise.
Fayose, however, noted that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) is the man of the season because he is loved by youths.
He said: “But I need to emphasize that Nigeria needs somebody who will say the truth at this critical period in our history.
“Again, may I conclude here that Peter Obi is the man of the season. Asiwaju won the election, but PDP was too fractured to win an election at the federal level.
“However, at the state level elections are local, please continue to vote and support the PDP, especially in the governorship and houses of assembly elections.”
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, have secured leave of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to inspect the sensitive materials used for the February 25 Presidential election.
The court also directed the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to grant the two aggrieved presidential candidates access to the materials during the Friday sitting.
Peter Obi and Atiku held separate press conferences on Thursday to reject the outcome of Saturday’s presidential election which declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress the president-elect.
In line with their rejection of the outcome, they approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja earlier today to secure permission to access the materials used to conduct the controversial presidential election.
After hearing two separate ex-parte applications filed by the two disappointed presidential candidates and their respective political parties, an appellate court bench led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh granted their prayers.