By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau
The political atmosphere in Nigeria is getting polluted ahead of the 2027 general election as armed men have been reported to have attacked the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential race Mr. Peter Obi and the leadership of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Benin City, capital of Edo State today.
An aide to Obi and National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Dr. Yunusa Tanko in a terse statement on Tuesday said that his principal and ADC bigwigs were under siege as they were attacked by armed group in Benin City on Tuesday afternoon.
According to him, they were attacked at the formal declaration of Olumide Akpata to ADC when armed individuals followed the group from the ADC Secretariat to the residence of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before he ditched the party.
“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”, Tanko lamented.
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