Obi discloses theft of his identity could have landed him in jail
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Peter Obi has disclosed adversaries who cloned his identity in the United Kingdom in April to implicate him in crime hatched the plot in Nigeria, and the incident has taught him to be more careful.
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate made the disclosure on Twitter Space organised by the Parallel Media, where he recounted his delay at Heathrow Airport in London by immigration officers over identity duplication.
Obi reiterated he has travelled to the UK about four times in 2023 alone, and had even lived there for years before he became Anambra Governor in 2006.
Said he: “I have been to the UK this year at least four times, when I went to Chatham House, when I was invited by the UK government. So, it was a surprise to me.
“I had lived there for years and still own property there because that 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.”
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Becoming more careful
Obi disclosed the attempt to clone his identity began in Nigeria and it has taught him to be “extremely careful,” because the incident could have roped him into a serious crime, per The PUNCH.
“It is 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 further shocked me.
“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, and they call police.
“‘In the UK and everywhere in the Western world, this is a serious case, and you can’t get 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.
“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 extremely careful, and I’m managing it, and hoping nothing goes wrong, but it is something that started from Nigeria.”