The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Election Peter Obi has dismissed the rumour of his arrest by the DSS, saying he is currently at his Onitsha residence in Anambra State.
This followed swirling rumours of his arrest after Felix Morka, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) threatened the former Anambra governor on National Televion over his critisism of President Bola Tinubu’s government.
In a statement posted via his official Twitter handle on Wednesday, Obi urged his supporter to ignore the rumour of his alleged arrest, saying the claim is entirely false.
“The recurring fake News on me. I have been made aware of a circulating fake News about my alleged arrest. Let me state unequivocally that these claims are entirely false. I am currently at my home in Onitsha. Anambra State. Such fake News on my person has become a pastime for some people,” he tweeted.
He recalled that similar rumour was amplified in 2024, when he was said to have arrested by officials of the DSS.
“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.”
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