Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, was arrested while celebrating Easter in London, United Kingdom.
This was revealed by Mr. Diran Onifade, head of Obi-Datti Media, on Wednesday.
In a statement on Wednesday, Onifade also claimed that Obi had been harassed and detained by London immigration officials.
He claims that on Good Friday, April 7, 2023, when he was waiting in line for the required airport procedures at Heathrow Airport in London after arriving from Nigeria, an immigration official approached him and gave him a detention note while ordering him to move aside.
“He was questioned for a long time and it was very strange for a man who lived for over a decade in that country.
“The high implication of the offense is that the impersonator could be committing all kinds of weighty crimes and other dubious acts and it would be recorded in Obi’s name,” Onifade said.
The prospect is inconceivable, he continued, since Obi may be accused of a number of crimes and even be falsely accused, which would be a terrible humiliation to him, his family, his party, the Obedient movement, and Nigeria, where he is and will continue to be the voice of the people.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Obi finished third out of 18 candidates in the presidential election on February 25, 2023, but his supporters and many other election observers, including international observers, firmly believed that he had actually won the election but had been tricked into losing it. Since that election, Obi has been the target of various attacks.
“Since he was told to go to court if he feels strongly about the election which all international monitors chorused were flawed and full of imperfections and he accepted, there have been severe attacks on him from all corners.
“Even the Federal Government who directed him to go to court even despatched the Minister of Information Lai Mohammad to the United States to attempt at de-marketing him and accused him of treason.
“Obi’s telephone line was also bugged when they were possibly looking for information to portray him badly before a section of the country who had voted for him massively.
“As if they were not getting the desired results of denting his image, and possibly placing the traducers under a heavier conscience load, they tried to persuade him to leave the country and go take a rest.
“It is also not impossible that those urging him to leave the country may have planted the impersonators ostensibly to tar the Eagle’s immaculate appearance.
“The Obi-Datti Media office will like to therefore assure all persons of goodwill especially the Obidients that the Rock is not deterred as he is ready to suffer the pain and remain even more determined to pursue whichever path his creator destined for him in Nigeria,” Onifade said.
