The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has been detained at a London airport, according to information from the head of his campaign media, Mr. Diran Onifade.
Onifade in a statement on Wednesday also said Obi was harassed by London immigration officials and placed for detention but for the spontaneous reaction of Nigerians at Heathrow Airport. According to him, the LP Presidential candidate in the February 25 Presidential poll arrived the Heathrow Airport in London from Nigeria on Good Friday, April 7, 2023, and joined the queue for the necessary Airport protocols when he was accosted by immigration official who handed him a detention note and told him to step 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. “Since Obi’s face was already an international frame, especially for Nigerians, Africans home, and in Diaspora who are likely to be Obidients, the people quickly raised their voices wondering why he was being delayed.
“The immigration officials who were also taken aback at the reaction of the people were forced to reveal that Obi was being questioned for a ‘DUPLICATION offense’ meaning that someone has been impersonating him in London.
“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.
Obi, who is in court to upturn the outcome of the February 25 presidential election won by the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu, has come under allegations of seeking to cause unrest in the country.
Credit: nporeports.com
