Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has denied claims that he arrested and detained Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state in Anambra state while he was governor of the state.
Recall that El-Rufai had claimed that Obi, arrested him in Anambra state when he (Obi) was governor in 2013.
El-Rufai, who made this revelation at an interactive session of the Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna on Monday, stated that Obi arrested and detained him for 48 hours.
According to El-Rufai, Obi was seeking a second term in office on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) at the time, stating that he (El-Rufai) visited Anambra to monitor the state’s governorship bye-election at the time.
Meanwhile, Obi replied that he .mnever ordered any AIG to arrest or detain anybody.
According to the labor party candidate, he had the best ADC, the best policeman in Nigeria who is from Kano state.
“The police commissioner that was there then was from Adamawa. The AIG in that election was from Nasarawa, strictly Nasarawa from the North. Tell me how I will use my power to issue an order for somebody to be detained.
“There is no way I can do that, I didn’t ask anyone to do that, as Governor of Anambra State,” he said.
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