Two weeks after the Benin airport attack by suspected political thugs, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship Campaign Council in Edo State, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to ensure an unbiased and thorough investigation on the incident.
DAILY POST reports that on July 18, 2024, suspected thugs attacked Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, and the reinstated deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, at the airport on arrival from Abuja. The attack resulted to the killing of a Police Inspector, Akor Anuh, attached to the APC governorship candidate, who is also the incumbent senator representing Edo Central.
He titled the press briefing, 'A Clarion call on the Inspector General of Police to stop the indiscriminate harassments, intimidation and unlawful arrest of members of PDP in Edo State by the Nigeria Police at the behest of the All Progressives Congress'. The PDP Campaign Council that some members of the APC who were allegedly involved in the mayhem are walking free.
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