The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2027 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has accused hired thugs of blocking his convoy and obstructing a humanitarian visit to Benue State on Tuesday. In a statement personally signed and shared on his X handle, Obi said he arrived in the state at about 9:00 a.m. on a solidarity visit to grieving families in Yelwata, where an attack he described as horrific left hundreds of people dead.