As political meetings, linkages and general activities hot up nationwide, ahead 2027 general elections, leading opposition voice and former presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, former Governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, were among members of African Democratic Congress (ADC) who narrowly cheated death today in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Numerous members of the pro-Obi Obidient Movement reportedly also survived an assassination attempt on them.
National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, raised the alarm of the attack on the heavyweights and members of the group in a statement today.
According to Tanko, armed thugs shot at Obi and members of the movement during the formal defection of Olumide Akpata into the ADC in Benin City.
In a terse statement he signed, titled ‘Breaking Red Alert in Benin, Edo State’, Tanko stated: “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, 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.”
*PHOTO CAPTION: Obi (l), Odigie-Oyegun (2nd right) examine one of the vehicles with shattered window glasses.
