Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, has denied reports about his arrest.

According to Obi, he is currently at his Onitsha residence in Anambra State.

This comes amid death threat allegations between him and the spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Felix Morka.

In a statement via his official X handle on Wednesday, Obi wrote: “The recurring fake News on me.

“I have been made aware of a circulating fake News about my alleged arrest.

“Let me state unequivocally that these claims are entirely false. I am currently at my home in Onitsha. Anambra State. Such fake News on my person has become a pastime for some people.”

According to him, similar rumour was amplified in 2024, when he was said to have been arrested by officials of the DSS.

“Last year September, when I was in Rwanda, similar lies had gone out that DSS invaded my house; now, while I was in my home in Onitsha, Anambra State, they said I was arrested in Abuja. The motive of these peddlers cannot be positive but let us not allow baseless rumors to distract us from the critical challenges we face as a nation,” he added.