The 2023 Labour Party presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, alongside former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and leaders of the African Democratic Congress, were reportedly attacked by suspected hoodlums in Edo State on Tuesday.
The incident was made public by Obi’s former campaign spokesperson and National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, in a statement released in Abuja.
According to the statement, the group came under attack in Benin during political activities linked to the formal defection of Olumide Akpata to the ADC. Tanko alleged that armed men trailed them from the party’s secretariat to the home of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, where gunshots were fired and several vehicles damaged.
“Peter Obi and the leadership of the ADC are under siege and attack in Benin, Edo State. At the formal declaration of Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress, armed individuals followed us from the ADC Secretariat to the residence of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.
“They shot at the gate and destroyed several vehicles in what appears to be a survived assassination attempt on our lives. Democracy is in danger.”
Images and video clips shared showed bullet holes on the gate of Odigie-Oyegun’s residence and smashed windscreens of multiple SUVs.
The development has further intensified concerns over rising political tension in the state.
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