Okpebholo links attack on Edo comedian to cult activities

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has breached his soundlessness connected the reported onslaught connected a Benin-based comedian, Osagie Idieda, popularly known arsenic MC Porkupyne.

DAILY POST recalls that the comedian was reportedly attacked successful the aboriginal hours of October 24 portion returning from the day solemnisation of the woman of an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain.

Okpebholo spoke connected Tuesday erstwhile helium received members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Edo State Council, astatine the Government House, Benin City.

Okpebholo alleged that quality gathered by the authorities linked the reported battle connected the comedian to cult-related activities.

He described allegations of authorities engagement successful the onslaught arsenic fake news.

"I heard the incidental occurred astatine 1 a.m. I was successful Kaduna State erstwhile I saw the incidental connected societal media, and they attributed it to the government. This is fake news.

"But quality gathering shows that it is cult-related. I asked him astir the identities of those who attacked him. He told maine that helium didn't cognize them. He said they were wearing masks. So, if idiosyncratic wants to bushed you astatine night, volition they deterioration a mask?

"When I asked astir the fig of suspects, helium said they were eight. So, you were capable to number the fig of radical who bushed you, but you cannot recognise who they are. So, for me, that is fake news," helium said.

The politician urged members of the nationalist to trust connected credible reports from nonrecreational media organisation...