* Seek orders compelling for his protection
Alex Enumah in Abuja
Some lawyers in the Obident Lawyers Forum have commenced legal action against President Bola Tinubu, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo and three others, over alleged threat to the life of the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2027 election, Mr Peter Obi.
The suit filed by Mr Kingdom Okere and Mr Joseph Ameh on behalf of Obident Lawyers Forum and the Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International, is specifically seeking an order “compelling, directing and mandating” Tinubu and the police, DSS and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to “provide maximum security protection/ intelligence” to Obi and all other 2027 presidential candidates.
They predicated the suit on a recent live podcast wherein the NDC’s presidential candidate raised the alarm that he “may not be alive to contest next year’s presidential election” and another statement by the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, who had “threatened Obi not to enter Edo State without his permission and that Mr. Peter Gregory Obi’s life and security is not guaranteed in Edo State”.
