Following the fallout of the presidential election in Nigeria, the candidate of the Labour Party for the February 25, 2023 poll, Peter Obi, has met twice with former South African President, Thabo Mbeki.
Mbeki, the Head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Nigeria, was in Nigeria for the general election.
Peter Obi is making consultations with international observers of the last presidential election in Nigeria One such person Obi has met with is the head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Nigeria, Thabo Mbeki The former Anambra governor said his discussion with the ex-president of South Africa.
Obi, who disclosed the meetings on his Twitter page on Tuesday, tweeted: “As part of an ongoing election-related consultations, I have met twice with the former President of South Africa and Head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Nigeria, H.E. Mr. Thabo Mbeki and his Team.
“The discussions were quite constructive.” He said.
Obi, a former two-term Governor of Anambra State, has headed to the court to dispute the declaration of a former two-term Governor of Lagos State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as winner of the election.
Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, addressed Nigerians on the conduct and results of the poll. After observing a minute silence for those victims of violence across the country during Saturday, February 25, presidential and National Assembly elections, Obi made it clear that this is the first time he will address the media either directly or indirectly after taking part in the voting exercise in Anambra.