The United Kingdom government has tendered an apology to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the just-concluded 2023 elections, Peter Obi, over his illegal detention and poor treatment at Heathrow Airport in London last week.
The apology was tendered after a British immigration official admitted he wrongly handed Obi a detention note in a search of man who impersonated him to commit perjury, forgery and identity theft in the country.
British authorities said the uncomplimentary treatment meted out to the former Governor of Anambra State was “completely unacceptable”.
“Frankly, the Immigration Official’s action – has been appalling – and we are sorry,” Immigration authorities apologised.
Obi was reportedly detained and interrogated for hours by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London on April 7, 2023.
