The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, says his mobile phones were not stolen at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Tuesday.

Obi, who spoke through his media aide, Tai Obasi, told our correspondent that the phones, believed to have gone missing, were in the custody of his aide.

The media had been awash with videos and memes of the perplexed former governor of Anambra State searching for his phones at the tribunal, with many people concluding that they were probably stolen in the court while exchanging pleasantries with party supporters.

Obi, who was dressed in his usual black attire sat close to his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure and renowned writer, Chimamanda Adichie, throughout the court’s proceedings.

Reacting to the drama, Obasi dismissed the report, saying the phones were never stolen.

According to him, it is normal for one to look for an item, especially when one has the notion that it is misplaced.

“To start with, he never lost his phone. What happened is that one of his aides, who usually goes around with him, was with me in the court. Usually, he keeps his phone on the table in front of him. So when his aide noticed that a lot of people were coming to greet him and his mind was off the phone, he took it for safekeeping.

“Unfortunately, the aide wasn’t with him when he started looking for the phone. So he didn’t really know it was the aide that kept it.

“The whole drama didn’t take up to two minutes before the aide, who went to urinate, came back with the phone. But before, Obi’s anxiety over the missing phone became noticeable. I believe that was when whoever took the video came into the picture. The videographer, journalist, or whoever took the viral clip only captured the part where he was looking for the phone and started trending with it. They were circulating the report long before we left the court,” he said.

On how the video trended in a negative manner it did, Obasi disclosed that they were not surprised.

TemplarLandry:
Obi the feminine man who speaks through his nostrils. 😁

“whoon toonk mahin phonne, thin two of them wahn just hiehn”

TemplarLandry:
Obi the feminine man who speaks through his nostrils. 😁

“whoon toonk mahin phonne, thin two of them wahn just hiehn”

IconicR:
Always causing nuisance on social media. This is how Nigeria's money would have been missing every eke market day.

accordadoga28:


🤣🤣

TemplarLandry:
Obi the feminine man who speaks through his nostrils. 😁

“whoon toonk mahin phonne, thin two of them wahn just hiehn”

accordadoga28:
Am I the only one who thinks this man is not mentally stable?

Even from his facial expressions you will find out he is 100% ok

Deluded man!!!

The mandate thief is already out of his mind.

Depression has set in.

He keeps looking for what is not lost.

From looking for his stolen mandate that is not lost to looking for a phone he never lost.

May we not labour in vain

shortgun:

He's a billionaire with traceable source of wealth with that feminine Voice.
Obi is what The convicted drug baron will never be forever.

TemplarLandry:
Obi the feminine man who speaks through his nostrils. 😁

“whoon toonk mahin phonne, thin two of them wahn just hiehn”

drizslim:
Tinubu even went as far as pilfering.. something is wrong with this drug lord & thief in Aso rock

accordadoga28:
Am I the only one who thinks this man is not mentally stable?

Even from his facial expressions you will find out he is 100% ok

Deluded man!!!

The mandate thief is already out of his mind.

Depression has set in.

He keeps looking for what is not lost.

From looking for his stolen mandate that is not lost to looking for a phone he never lost.

May we not labour in vain