The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said the Supreme Court judgment dashed the hopes of a majority of Nigerians by sacrificing justice for political expediency.

He said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, while noting that the verdict was however not the end of his journey but “in fact the beginning.”

Obi said, “I want to assure them that this is not the end of our journey but in fact the beginning. Nigerians heard you, the world has taken note and we will not forget easily.

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We shall endure, persist until we reach our destination because new Nigeria is our destination. A destination is not an event.”

The LP standard bearer, however, said as democrats, he, the vice presidential candidate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed had exhausted all legal means to challenge the 2023 general elections.

Peter Obi noted that the party was now ready to take the message of a new Nigeria to the grassroots.