Contrary to information circulating in the social media about an apology tendered to Mr Peter Obi, by the British government over his detention at the London Heathrow airport,the presidential candidate of the Labour party in the February 25 Presidential election said the information about apology is untrue.
Obi,a former governor of Anambra state who spoke through the Labour party presidential campaign Council media office on Thursday said no official of the British government has apologised to him over the embarrassing incident.
Peter Obi was last week detained at the Heathrow Airport by Immigration officials over a case of identity theft.
On Thursday, some social media platforms had claimed that the British authorities had apologised to Obi but a statement by the Head, Obi-Datti Media, Diran Onifade, urged the UK to conclusively resolve the matter.
Part of the statement reads: “We have been receiving enquiries with regards to a so-called apology, purportedly issued by the British Government or any of its agencies, to our Principal Mr Peter Obi, in respect of a routine Immigration engagement with him, as he arrived London, for a brief visit, last Friday, the 7th of April.
“We would like to state emphatically that we are not aware of any such apology, and have not issued any statement whatsoever, in that regard.
“While we continue to examine any dubious or political motive, on the part of the perpetrators of the identity theft, we have every confidence in the ability of the British authorities to resolve the matter to a conclusion.
“Mr Peter Obi and the LP/PCC have since moved on from the incident and continue to be totally focused, on the legal processes before the Election Petition Tribunal towards the recovery of our mandate, which we are firmly convinced, was overwhelmingly expressed by voters, in the Presidential election of February 25th.”
