My Identity duplication in UK started from Nigeria – Obi
Chima Azubuike
Presidential candidate of Labour Party Peter Obi, says his identity duplication crisis started from Nigeria.
Obi made this disclosure on Sunday during a Twitter space organised by parallel media which was monitored by our correspondent.
Recall that Obi’s associates had raised the alarm over his delay at Heathrow airport by immigration officer over alleged identity duplication.
According to the Labour Party leader, he had been to the United Kingdom about four times in 2023, adding that he has a property in the country since he resided there before he became governor of Anambra State.
He said, “I have been to UK this year at least four times when I went to Chattam house, when I was invited by UK Government. So it was a surprising thing to me, I have lived there for years still own a property there because there was where I lived before I became governor and for me to appear at the airport and they will ask me to sit down, I was very surprised but all these happened within a few minutes.”
While noting that the delay had taught him to be careful, following the possible threat to his personality, Obi disclosed that the attempt to clone his identity began from Nigeria.
“It was shocking when someone tells you that your identity was duplicated, my first reaction was to say it means nothing but I was referred to an expert on identity duplication who shocked me. My initial reaction was that it was nonsense and means nothing but when I told by a colleague and associate in the UK, who said he will refer me to an identity duplication expert and I went to see him after an hour 20 minutes I came out. He said to me Peter you could be implicated for a rape, you book a hotel, they have their own gang that comes in set you up at night and someone says you did this, you did this and they call police.
“In the UK and everywhere in the western world this is a serious case and you can’t get a bail. You could be implicated in murder with your duplicate, same thing if they are checking any luggage thank God nothing happened, I have been managing it and I have been to the UK since then while they too are investigating we hope. When I arrived after that I was asked and I explained to them they said they are looking into it, that’s all I can say for now. I’m also very careful extremely careful and I’m managing it and hoping nothing goes wrong but it all started from here. It’s something that started from Nigeria. I’m being careful about it,” Obi said.
