BREAKING: Peter Obi Lambasts Antony Blinken for Calling Tinubu, Reveals What US Should Have Done

• Peter Obi of the Labour Party has condemned the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, for calling President-elect Bola Tinubu
• According to Obi, Blinken's action looks like the US is taking a side in a matter that is yet to be decided by the court of law
• Obi posited that many Nigerians expected the US to relate to the internal affairs of the country with mutual respect and interest rather than with an individual

Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in the February 25 presidential election, has lamented a lack of clarity of purpose on the reported phone call between Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, and Bola Tinubu, the president-elect.

Recall that Blinken had placed a call to Bola Tinubu reiterating his country's commitment to strengthening the relationship between the US and Nigeria.

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But in a series of tweets on Friday, May 19, Obi lamented that the US response to the internal affairs of Nigeria should be based on "mutual respect, shared ideals, aspirations and interests" rather than taking sides.

The former governor of Anambra maintained that the will of Nigerians manipulated and falsified during the election was "contextually" overlooked by the United States authority.

Obi said:

"It is thus of overarching importance that a beacon of democracy like the United States should not respond to political developments in Nigeria in a manner that faintly suggests taking sides."

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He further said that the US should hold on to the outcome of the 2023 presidential election petition tribunal before placing such a call to the president-elect.

Obi maintained that only a competent court of law could determine the outcome of the 2023 presidential election, and the issue of judicial contention violates the Nigerian constitution and the electoral law.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Festus Keyamo, the minister of state for labour and employment and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has highlighted some of the reasons Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, called Bola Tinubu on the phone on Wednesday, May 17.

Keyamo made the revelation while reacting to the comments by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) concerning the call the US official placed to the president-elect.

Source: Legit.ng