The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, was reportedly attacked by alleged political goons in Benin City, and as a result, he was taken to an unidentified hospital.
Two policemen were injured and one policeman in Okpebholo’s convoy was reportedly killed in the incident.
In charge of media and communication, Godswill Inegbe, Legislative Aide to Okpebholo, made this revelation in a statement on Thursday night.
According to Inegbe, when the APC gubernatorial candidate and the impeached deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, came from Abuja at the Benin Airport, the policeman was assassinated by alleged political goons.
He said:
“This afternoon, the motorcade of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the APC governorship candidate, was brutally attacked by members of Edo State Security Network and State government-sponsored thugs.
“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.”
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