NDC VP Candidate Kwankwaso Condemns Attack On Peter Obi’s Convoy In Benue, Demands Arrest Of Perpetrators

In a statement on Tuesday, Kwankwaso said he was “deeply disturbed” by the incident, describing it as another setback for Nigeria’s democracy.

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has condemned the alleged attack on the convoy of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, while travelling to Benue State.

Kwankwaso described the incident as a threat to democratic freedoms, accusing unnamed actors of deliberately mobilising “unruly elements” to block and attack Obi’s convoy and prevent him from entering Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

In a statement on Tuesday, Kwankwaso said he was “deeply disturbed” by the incident, describing it as another setback for Nigeria’s democracy.

“I am deeply disturbed by the attack on the convoy of our presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as he travelled to Benue State,” he said.