The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 poll, Peter Obi, has denied receiving any letter of apology from the United Kingdom Government over his detention by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London.
Head, Media and Communications of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Diran Onifade, made this known.
This followed a statement by the spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, that the UK Government had apologised to Obi.
Bwala had tweeted on his Twitter handle on Thursday: “British government apologised to Peter Obi for illegally serving him a detention note.
“Can you now put a ‘respek’ on his name?
“We are now waiting for US government to apologise to Tinubu for illegally collecting the forfeited dollars.
“Asiwaju fans oya start throwing the insults.”
But in a statement on Thursday, Onifade said: “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 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.”