The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has arrived in Jos, Plateau State capital, a few hours after leaving Benue State.
While in Benue, youths beloved to be political thugs blocked a major access road to prevent Obi from entering the state capital, Makurdi.
Obi said he was heading to Yelewata to visit the families of victims of the June 2025 massacre when his convoy was stopped by some youths at Gyado Villa along Gboko Road.
He said: “I’m using this occasion to appeal to the IG of police, the Director of DSS, and other agencies to please intervene and call various state governors to order, I was a governor myself. This rascality cannot be allowed, we have a country, we too have followers and people who can confront these people on our own if the state and the government can no longer provide us security.
“We cannot go on this way, it’s not acceptable. This was why when I participated in the presidential campaign office launch of APM yesterday, I said we need unity, love, justice, and let this campaign be concentrated on ideas and issues that concerns Nigerians today like insecurity, hunger, insecurity, killings, and how we are going to pull our people out of poverty, that’s what it should be.”
The incident has generated reactions with human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, saying that the attackers were toying with fire.
Similarly, Obi’s running mate in the forthcoming 2027 general elections, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, called on the international community for protection of opposition leaders.
