The Labour Party candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has cleared the air on allegation that he has dual citizenship.
There are allegations that Obi could be a citizen of Solomon Island.
Reacting to the allegation during an interview on Arise Television on Monday, Obi said the only country he is a citizen is Nigeria, maintaining that he does not hold dual citizenship.
Obi said he had never been to Solomon Island, noting that the only place he had been to in the Caribbean was Haiti.
He said “I have never been there all my life. The few places I have gone in the Caribbean is Haiti. I was a governor when they had the earthquake. Everybody close to me know that I have been to most troubled places in the world. So, when there was earthquake in Haiti, I went to President Goodluck Jonathan and told him I was going to the country to help them rebuild and he (Jonathan) was surprised.
“That is what I have done all my life; I have been to most troubled places in the world. I withdrew my son from school and we went to Haiti. I helped them to raise money then, over $200,000. So, I have been to Haiti and also Barbados, but I don’t know Solomon Island”
Obi also said the only countries he had properties in were Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
“I don’t own a property anywhere outside Nigeria, except in the UK, where I live. Other than that, if there is a property in the name of Peter Obi, it is fake and I don’t need it. Why would I own a property where I don’t live?”
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