The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has refuted the claims of being arrested in Abuja, stating that he is currently at home in Onitsha, Anambra State.
Obi, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday described the reports as false and ‘recurring fake news’ on him, noting that it has ‘become a pastime for some people’.
He wrote: “The recurring fake News on me. I have been made aware of a circulating fake News about my alleged arrest. Let me state unequivocally that these claims are entirely false.
“I am currently at my home in Onitsha. Anambra State. Such fake News on my person has become a pastime for some people. Recall last year September, when I was in Rwanda, similar lies had gone out that DSS invaded my house; now, while I was in my home in Onitsha, Anambra State, they said I was arrested in Abuja.”
The former Anambra State Governor stated that the motive of the peddlers cannot be positive, and urged Nigerians not to allow baseless rumours to distract “us from the critical challenges we face as a nation.”
“Thank the public for the concern, support, and dedication to the cause of a better Nigeria that is possible,” he added.
