Benue Govt not informed of Peter Obi’s visit — Alia’s aide

The Benue State Government has denied having anterior cognition of Peter Obi’s sojourn to the authorities aft the statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, reportedly encountered a blockade during his question on Tuesday.

Obi was successful Benue arsenic portion of a planned sojourn to Yelewata, wherever helium was expected to conscionable families affected by the deadly June 2025 massacre.

His convoy was reportedly stopped by immoderate youths astatine Gyado on the Gboko Road, preventing him from continuing to the intended location.

Reacting to the development, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Hyacinth Alia, Kula Tersoo, said the authorities authorities was unaware that Obi was coming to Benue.

“We are not alert of his coming to the state, and if it were to beryllium information agents that stopped him, it would person been casual for america to find retired what happened.

“As statesmanlike campaigner of a enactment and erstwhile politician helium is simply a spot of national authorities and ought to person been fixed security, wherever are those information agents astir him and if helium is going to immoderate state, the information of the big authorities should cognize truthful arsenic to supply information for him,” helium said.

Tersoo besides rejected suggestions that the youths progressive successful the incidental could person been acting connected behalf of the authorities government.

He maintained that the Alia medication does not employment thugs and argued that determination w...