Armed thugs attack Edo APC guber candidate in Benin

Armed thugs allegedly led by Francis Inegbeniki, on Thursday attacked the convoy of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC] in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo.

Inegbeniki was until recently a chieftain of the APC before he decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP].

A statement by the legislative aide [Media and Communication] to Senator Okpebholo, Godswill Inegbe, gave a vivid account of the incident.

Read his statement: “This afternoon [Thursday, July 18, 2024] the motorcade of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the APC governorship candidate, was brutally attacked by members of Edo State Security Network and Edo state government sponsored thugs allegedly led by Francis Inegbeniki.

“During the unprovoked brutal attack, three mobile policemen attached to the security detail of Senator Okpebholo were injured with bullets wound, while one of the policemen has been declared dead!

“Senator Monday Okpebholo is at this moment admitted in an undisclosed hospital in Benin receiving medical attention, and other members of his entourage who were victims of the brutal attack are in various hospitals in Benin City.”