Politics
‘I’m currently in my house in Onitsha,’ Peter Obi dismisses arrest rumours
Peter Obi, a former Anambra State governor and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, has denied being arrested, noting that the purported arrest is fake news.
In a post via his X account late Wednesday titled ‘The recurring fake News on me,’ the former Anambra State governor lamented that spreading fake news about his person has become a hubby for some individuals.
Obi said the motive of the peddlers cannot be positive, but encouraged his supporters not to allow “baseless rumors to distract us from the critical challenges we face as a nation.”
“I have been made aware of a circulating fake News about my alleged arrest. Let me state unequivocally that these claims are entirely false,” Obi said.
“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!!!”
