The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Wednesday, January 8, debunked reports that he has been arrested alongside his wife, Margaret.
In a post shared on X, Obi, a former governor of Anambra State said no security personnel, including those of the Department of State Security arrested him over his comments on the All Progressives Congress-led administration.
Obi in the post, titled ‘The recurring fake News on me’, Obi said he has been aware of the fake news circulating about his alleged arrest.
He said, “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.”
Reeling out some of the previous reports that have been published about his arrest in the past, Obi said the lies in the public are baseless.
Obi said, “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.”
Obi while commending the public for their concerns urged them to disregard the rumours which he said were propagated to distract people from the issues he has raised about the present administration.
