Professor Pat Utomi says the APC-led Federal Government has not produced credible evidence of wrongdoing against Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi, arguing this is why he has not been arrested or prosecuted.
In posts attributed to him on X, Utomi says that if the Tinubu administration had found “skeletons in his cupboard,” it would have seized the chance to arrest and detain Obi until after the January 16 election period, especially given his status as an opposition figure. He also frames Obi as uncomfortable for the political elite, contending they cannot “pin” misconduct on him as they do with other politicians.
Across the reports, all accounts describe Utomi’s central claim that the absence of detentions reflects a lack of credible wrongdoing evidence. The coverage differs mainly in wording and emphasis: some headlines foreground the “cannot find evidence” theme, while others stress the hypothetical that the government would have detained Obi until after the election.
