The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he won the 2023 presidential election and he would prove it in court to claim his mandate from Bola Tinubu of All Progressives Congress APC).

“We will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the election and we will prove it to Nigerians,” Mr Obi said in a press conference at Hilton, Abuja on Thursday.

“If you must answer his excellency, the process by which you arrive at the office must be excellent,” Mr Obi added.

The former Anambra governor’s statement comes a day after INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, declared Mr Tinubu winner of Saturday’s presidential election at the National Collation Centre, Abuja.

The declaration of Mr Tinubu as the president-elect came amidst huge protests by PDP and Labour Party, who called for the suspension of result collation and outright cancellation of the presidential poll due to INEC’s failure to upload election results on its server in real time.

However, Mr Tinubu, in his acceptance speech on Wednesday, dismissed calls for cancellation of the election, saying few cases of ballot box snatching and violence experienced during the election were “immaterial” to challenge his victory at the polls.

Mr Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, winning 12 of 36 states of Nigeria.

Mr Abubakar came second polling 6,984,520 votes, while Peter Obi of Labour Party came third, polling 6,101,533 votes.