Yesterday, the Labour Party (LP) stated that it was not aware of any purported apology issued by the British Government or any of its agencies regarding Obi’s detention by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport, London, on Good Friday, April 7. The drama surrounding the harassment and detention of the LP’s (Labour Party) flag-bearer in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, continued.
“We have been receiving inquiries with regards to a so-called apology, purportedly issued by the British Government or any of its agencies, to our principal, Peter Obi, in respect of a routine Immigration engagement with him, as he arrived London, for a campaign event,” claims Diran Onifade, Head, Media and Communications of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, in a statement released yesterday.
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In his remarks, Onifade also expressed trust in the British authorities’ capacity to bring the situation to a successful conclusion.
He stated: “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.”
“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 25,” he added.
