British govt ‘apologised’ to Obi for illegal detention — Atiku’s aide

Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign spokeswoman, Daniel Bwala, said that the British government had apologized to Peter Obi, the nominee of the Labour Party, for his detention at Heathrow Airport.

Recall that on Friday, an immigration officer approached Obi at London’s Heathrow Airport and gave him a detention note.

The LP presidential candidate was later freed after being questioned for identity fraud, according to a statement made on Wednesday by Diran Onifade, the Campaign Council’s spokesman. This shows that someone had been impersonating Obi in London.

Taking to his Twitter account on Thursday, Bwala claimed that the British government has apologised to Obi for illegally serving him a detention note.

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.

However, when Vanguard contacted a well-placed member of the Obi/Datti presidential campaign council, the source could not confirm that the British government tendered an apology to Obi for the aforesaid incident.

Also, when the UK Immigration office was contacted by news men on the matter, it said it does not speak to individual issues.