2027: Edo Govt disowns Okpebholo’s aide over alleged threats to ADC

The Edo State Government has distanced itself from alleged threats by Emmanuel Eghogho, popularly known arsenic Egogo, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Monday Okpebholo, against the information of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) successful the 2027 wide elections.

DAILY POST reports that Governor Monday Okpebholo’s aide, successful a viral video connected respective societal media platforms, told the Commissioner of Police successful the state, Monday Agbonika, that absorption parties, peculiarly the ADC, would not beryllium allowed to run for the elections successful the state.

The governor’s adjutant stated that members of the opposition, including Peter Obi, would beryllium arrested and handed implicit to the commissioner for onward transportation to Abuja if they dared to transportation retired electioneering activities successful the state.

Reacting, the authorities authorities connected Monday, April 27, 2026, distanced itself and Governor Monday Okpebholo from the utterances.

Prince Kassim Afegbua, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, who spoke astatine a property briefing successful Benin City, noted that Governor Okpebholo does not tolerate gangsterism, governmental hooliganism, oregon immoderate effort to subdue the absorption by utilizing “very foul connection by mode of subtle threats and otherwise.”

“We privation to disown that connection arsenic not the presumption of government, arsenic the dependable of an idiosyncratic who is besides amenable to existing laws of the land.