The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has arrived in Jos, Plateau State capital, a few hours after leaving Benue State.
While in Benue, youths beloved to be political thugs blocked
a major access road to prevent Obi from entering the state capital, Makurdi.
Obi said he was heading to Yelewata to visit the families of
victims of the June 2025 massacre when his convoy was stopped by some youths at
Gyado Villa along Gboko Road.
He said: “I’m using this occasion to appeal to the IG of
police, the Director of DSS, and other agencies to please intervene and call
various state governors to order, I was a governor myself. This rascality
cannot be allowed, we have a country, we too have followers and people who can
confront these people on our own if the state and the government can no longer
provide us security.
“We cannot go on this way, it’s not acceptable. This was why
when I participated in the presidential campaign office launch of APM
yesterday, I said we need unity, love, justice, and let this campaign be
concentrated on ideas and issues that concerns Nigerians today like insecurity,
hunger, insecurity, killings, and how we are going to pull our people out of
poverty, that’s what it should be.”
The incident has generated reactions with human rights
activist, Omoyele Sowore, saying that the attackers were toying with fire.
Similarly, Obi’s running mate in the forthcoming 2027
general elections, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, called on the international community for
protection of opposition leaders.
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