18-7-2025
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election Peter Obi has been warned not to visit Edo State without security clearance.
The State governor Monday Okpebholo, issued the warning adding Obi could only visit, if he Okpebholo, approves Obi’s travel plans.
“This message is for the man who claims he has no ‘shishi’,” Governor Okpebholo said, using the local slang for money.
“There’s a new sheriff in town. He cannot just come into Edo without informing me. His security will not be guaranteed. If anything happens to him here, he will have himself to blame. I’m not joking,” said Okpebholo to a group of supporters.
“He came the other day and gave out N15 million. A man who claims to have no money, where did he get that from?” Okpebholo asked.
“After he left, there was unrest in Benin, and three people lost their lives. That’s why I’m saying this: tell Obi not to step into Edo without informing me first.”