From Nnamani Adanna, Abuja
The Obi-Datti media says its has not received any apologies from the British government regarding the wrongful detention of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi at the Heathrow Airport last week.
According to a statement on Wednesday by the Head, Obi-Datti Media, Diran Onifade, Imigration officials at the Airport, had detained Obi on Easter Day for allegedly committing several financial crimes only to realize that he had been impersonated.
The Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign’s spokesperson, Daniel Bwala, tweeted on Thursday that the British government had apologized to the former Anambra State Governor for the incident.
He wrote: “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.”
However, Onifade refuted the claim in a statement, saying that they were not aware of such apology.
The statement read: “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”.