Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi is in hot soup.

The Federal Government has accused him of treason.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said:

“Obi and his Vice, Datti Ahmed cannot be threatening Nigerians that if the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is sworn in on May 29, it will be the end of democracy in Nigeria.”

“This is treason. You cannot be inviting insurrection, and this is what they are doing.”

“Obi’s statement is that of a desperate person, he is not the democrat that he claimed to be.”

“A democrat should not believe in democracy only when he wins the election.”

“The constitution has stringent criteria for anybody who wants to be president of the country.”

“Not only must he has the plurality of vote cast in an election, he must also have scored one-quarter of votes cast in at least 25 states.”

“Only the President-elect met the criteria by scoring 8.79 million votes and having one-quarter of all the vote cast in 29 states of the federation.”

“Atiku who came second with 6.9 million votes was only able to make one-quarter of the votes cast in 21 states.”

“Obi came third with 5.8 million votes but won only one-quarter of votes cast in 15 states.”

“You cannot win an election in a poll where you came to a distant third position and failed to meet constitutional requirements.”

“Peter Obi, while complaining of fraud has not disowned his victory in Lagos.”