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Peter Obi, Nigerian presidential candidate: The last election was rigged

Peter Obi, Nigerian presidential candidate: The last election was rigged

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Nigerian opposition leader Peter Obi on his presidential bid and his claim he won in 2023

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“Nigeria can fight insecurity, head on. It only requires it for
the commander-in-chief to be determined that this will end. Those
criminals live with us. In our communities, people know them. I
will go to the communities and find them. I will take control.
And I will not do it from Abuja.” Madina Maishanu speaks to Peter
Obi, one of Nigeria’s leading opposition politicians, now with
the Nigeria Democratic Congress, and a former governor of Anambra
State. He came third in the 2023 presidential election,
attracting significant support from young Nigerians fed up with
unemployment and police brutality who demanded political change.
But Obi has never accepted the outcome, insisting he won and that
the official results were manipulated, although Nigeria's courts
rejected his challenge. Now he's hoping to become president in
2027, promising to address some of Nigeria's biggest problems,
including widespread insecurity and government corruption. The
Interview brings you the best interviews coming from the BBC,
including episodes with the head of the World Meteorological
Organisation, Celeste Saulo and the former Australian prime
minister Julia Gillard. You can listen on the BBC World Service
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen
to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC
Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Madina
Maishanu Producer: Osman Iqbal Editor: Farhana Haider and Damon
Rose

(Image: Peter Obi. Credit: Reuters)