Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- The Labour Party presidential campaign office has reacted with a false claim to a PREMIUM TIMES' report on the dissolution of Next International (UK) Limited, a company that was owned by the party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

On Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES exclusively reported how the company was removed from the UK Companies House register in September 2021 following a first and second gazette notice of a "compulsory" strike off of the entity by authorities in the UK.

Our report revealed that Next International (UK) Limited failed to submit its annual accounts for the year 2020, hence, the company was struck off and dissolved in 2021.

However, a statement by the Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, c...