Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has addressed recent reports of his arrest.
Social media was flooded with claims about the former governor of Anambra being arrested earlier today.
In a post on his X account titled “The Recurring Fake News About Me,” Mr. Obi stated, “The reports are entirely false,” and added, “I am currently at my home in Onitsha, Anambra State.”
Recalling that this is not the first time such rumours have circulated, Obi expressed his gratitude to Nigerians for their support, while emphasising that those spreading the false news do not have good intentions.
His post reads;
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 motive of these peddlers cannot be positive but let us not allow baseless 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!!!