Gunmen target Peter Obi’s convoy in Calabar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on P.M. News
An armed attack targeted Peter Obi’s convoy in Calabar, Cross River State, injuring a supporter by gunfire. Nigerian police announced the arrest of a suspect and an investigation to identify the other people responsible, according to state police spokesperson Sunday Eitokpah Akata.
The convoy of Peter Obi, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)’s presidential candidate in Nigeria, was targeted in an armed attack on Wednesday in Calabar, Cross River State. A supporter was shot and injured in the incident, Esther Umoh, Peter Obi’s press aide, announced, according to P.M. News.
Peter Obi was travelling with his wife Margaret and his running mate Rabiu Kwankwaso to a party town hall meeting at the Metropolitan Hotel in Calabar. State police arrested a 27-year-old suspect, Victor Edet Yellow Duke, and opened an investigation to identify the other people involved, its spokesperson, ASP Sunday Eitokpah Akata, said.
The attack came a few months after Peter Obi’s convoy was blocked in Benue by men described as thugs, near Boko Road and an air force base.
