Photoshopped images of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi allegedly being interrogated by the Heathrow Airport security officer last week in the UK have gone viral.
Some members of the opposition have cashed in on the images to say that the executive chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, were seated in an office with Obi and the UK law enforcement officer in order to secure the LP presidential candidate’s release from detention.
On its part, the Federal Government of Nigeria has denied news making the rounds that it intervened in the alleged detention ordeal of the Labour Party Peter Obi, in London, United Kingdom.
There were reports Obi was briefly detained at Hearthrow Airport in London in a case of mistaken identity during his trip to celebrate Easter in the UK.
The fake photos went viral on the social media on Thursday afternoon.
Also, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, also tweeted on Thursday, implying that the Federal Government intervened in Peter Obi’s ordeal to secure his release.
Ahmad wrote: “I heard Aunty @Abike Dabiri has done it for the Compatriot that needed her intervention in the UK. God bless you and the services you have been rendering for our countrymen and women, especially this recent one, ma’am!”
But, the spokesperson and head of Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit of NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, has debunked the viral photo, describing it as a stunt.
He said the NiDCOM boss, Dabiri-Erewa, was not in the UK and not in a position to secure the release of any Nigerian suspected to be under UK interrogation.
“Our attention has been called to the above social.media stunt which has gone viral. Aunty Abike Dabiri-Erewa is NOT in UK and NOT in a position to secure the release of any Nigerian suspected to be under UK interrogation. So, members of the public should disregard the information in its entirety,” the NiDCOM spokesman stated
However, Nigerians with the real photos which were eventually doctored have also released them:
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