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FORMER presidential candidate, Peter Obi and members of the Obidient Movement were reportedly attacked on Tuesday in what is not being described as failed assassination attempt in Edo State.
According to the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, who raised the alarm, the incident happened in Benin, the state capital.
Tanko claimed that armed thugs had shot at Obi and his supporters during the formal defection of Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress – ADC, in Benin City.
“Breaking Red Alert in Benin, Edo State,” Tanko said:
“PO and the leadership of the ADC are under siege and attack in Benin, Edo State, ” he added.
“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.”