Former Vice president Atiku Abubakar has condemned what he described as violent attack on former Anambra Governor, Peter Obi and Chief John Oyegun during yesterday’s meeting in Benin, Edo State.
It will be recalled disagreement among factions of the African Democratic Congress, ADC over non admission of a faction from the meeting held in Oyeguns residence led to a clash resulting in the shooting incidence.
In his tweet on his X handle Atiku condemns the attack and describe it as unacceptable in a democracy.
Said he,”The violent attack on Peter Obi, Chief John Oyegun, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, Olumide Akpata, and other Coalition ADC leaders in Benin, Edo State, is utterly condemnable and unacceptable in any democracy.
In recent times, we have witnessed reckless and inflammatory rhetoric from elements within the ruling party in Edo State, rhetoric that dangerously legitimises violence against political opponents. Words, when weaponised, often precede actions. What happened in Benin did not occur in a vacuum.
Obi after the attack
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Nigeria is entering a perilous phase in which opposition voices are not only harassed through state institutions but are now being physically targeted. The ruling APC appears to have escalated its intolerance from bureaucratic suppression to open aggression.
@officialABAT and the nation’s security chiefs bear a constitutional responsibility to guarantee the protection of lives and property without discrimination or partisanship. The safety of opposition leaders and supporters is not a favour; it is a democratic obligation.
Nigeria must not descend into a theatre where politics is settled by violence. -AA
