Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 poll Peter Obi has denied visiting President-elect Bola Tinubu.
Obi said on Monday night during an interview on Arise TV that the photoshopped images showing him and Tinubu were set up by his opponents.
“I never visited him (Tinubu). I didn’t. These are some of the things I have been telling you. They have turned the whole thing upside down. So, what they (the opposition) do now is think about what they are going to do to cause issues and what they are going to do to label him (Obi) this or that,” he said.
“If it is not labelling him (Obi) tribal bigot, or religious bigot when he is not speaking, they will find his family and check whether he has a lovechild and all sorts of things, including misrepresented identity among others. I didn’t visit anybody.”
Obi maintained that he would pursue his case against Tinubu’s victory before the presidential election petition tribunal to a logical conclusion.
He also denied being a citizen of the United Kingdom.
On his recent “arrest” in London, Obi explained that he was only stopped for a routine immigration check.
“I was stopped for a routine immigration check and all these lasted for a maximum of 20 minutes. I was treated with all due respect. I was never arrested nor detained,” the former governor clarified.
He added, “I lived in the UK in the 90s from 1993 to 2005. From that time till now is a period of 30 years and I have never been questioned, arrested or detained in any country in the world.
“I have never been arrested or questioned in any manner. I have never committed any offence. So, what happened was a routine immigration check and that happened not less than 20 minutes and I was given all due respect by the authorities.”
