How “Obidients” in Diaspora ‘Rescued’ Obi at London Airport
The timely intervention of Peter Obi’s supporters has rescued the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi from the London immigration officials.
Spokesman for the Labour Party Campaign Council, Diran Onifade, stated that Obi was detained and questioned for a duplication offense which suggests that someone has been impersonating him in London; Obi’s detention, however, caught the attention of some Nigerians who are likely to be “Obidients”.
Onifade mentioned that the people quickly raised their voices wondering why he was being delayed.
Recall that The Pendulum Media had reported how Obi was detained over alleged impersonation according to the testimony of Obi’s Commissioner for Information, Prof Chinyere Okunna who disclosed on Wednesday morning that Obi narrated the ordeal to her in private.
Peter Obi Detained in London for Alleged Impersonation
However, narrating how Obi was rescued, the LP’s spokesman, Onifade said Peter Obi would have spent more hours in detention if not for the intervention of his supporters known as “Obidients”.
Onifade explained that the LP’s Presidential Candidate who is just back from London, where he celebrated Easter, was saved by the “spontaneous reaction” of Nigerians, supposedly his supporters, at Heathrow Airport.
“He was questioned for a long time and it was very strange for a man who lived for over a decade in that country.
“Since Obi’s face was already an international frame, especially for Nigerians, Africans home, and in Diaspora who are likely to be Obidients, the people quickly raised their voices wondering why he was being delayed.
“The immigration officials who were also taken aback at the reaction of the people were forced to reveal that Obi was being questioned for a ‘DUPLICATION offense’ meaning that someone has been impersonating him in London.
“The high implication of the offense is that the impersonator could be committing all kinds of weighty crimes and other dubious acts and it would be recorded in Obi’s name,” Onifade said.
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