The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi has escaped assassination attempt during the formal defection of Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Benin City.
This was disclosed by the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, on Tuesday, saying armed thugs had shot at Obi and members of the movement in a terse statement tagged: “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.
“At the formal declaration of Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress, ADC 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
