File: NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi
The Benue State Government has distanced itself from the incident involving the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, whose convoy was reportedly stopped by some youths during his visit to the state on Tuesday.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kula Tersoo, in a telephone interview on Tuesday, said the government was not aware of Obi’s visit to the state.
“We are not aware of his coming to the state, and if it were to be security agents that stopped him, it would have been easy for us to find out what happened.
“As presidential candidate of a party and former governor he is a property of federal government and ought to have been given security, where are those security agents around him and if he is going to any state, the security of the host state should know so as to provide security for him.”
