The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has debunked gossipy tidbits of him being arrested, portraying it as “recurring fake news.
Some social media posts had claimed that the previous Anambra State lead representative was captured in Abuja.
In any case, in a post on his social media handle on Wednesday, Obi said the claims are completely bogus and expressed that he is right now at his home in Onitsha, Anambra State.
He reviewed how similar “lies” had been coursed last September that the Department for Security Services (DSS) attacked his home while he was in Rwanda.
The Labour Party chieftain said that the motive of those peddling the tales cannot be positive however encouraged Nigerians not to allow it to occupy their minds them from focusing on the critical challenges confronting the country.
“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, the post reads.
“Such phony 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 motive of these peddlers cannot be positive but let us not allow unjustifiable rumors to distract us from the critical challenges we face as a nation. I Thank the public for the concern, support, and dedication to the cause of a better Nigeria that is possible!!!”
Obi had on Tuesday asserted threat to his life following his analysis of President Bola Tinubu’s administration in his new year message.
Obi’s charge follows a statement credited to the national representative of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, in a meeting.
Morka was cited to have said that “Peter Obi has crossed the line so many times and has it coming to him whatever he gets”. Nonetheless, the APC representative has denied undermining the opposition leader or his family.
