BREAKING: Peter Obi, ADC Leaders Attacked in Edo State [Video, Photos]

Peter Obi and other ADC leaders have been attacked in Edo State.

Newsone Nigeria reports that the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, has raised an alarm over an attack on former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and its members in Benin, Edo State, southern Nigeria.

The Obidient Movement National Coordinator disclosed that armed thugs had shot at Obi and members of the movement during the formal defection of Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Benin City, the Edo state capital.

This newspaper understands that Tanko made the revelation in a terse statement titled “Breaking Red Alert in Benin, Edo State,” which he published on the micro-blogging site, X formerly known as Twitter.

Tanko said: “PO and the leadership of the ADC are under siege and attack in Benin, Edo State.

“At the formal declaration of Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress, armed individuals followed us from the ADC Secretariat to the residence of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

“They shot at the gate and destroyed several vehicles in what appears to be a survived assassination attempt on our lives. Democracy is in danger.”

Breaking Red Alert in Benin, Edo State
PO and the leadership of the ADC are under siege and attack in Benin, Edo State.
At the formal declaration of Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress, armed individuals followed us from the ADC Secretariat to the residence of… pic.twitter.com/ifEen0FGLn

— Dr Yunusa Tanko (@YunusaTanko) February 24, 2026

Watch the video of the attack on Peter Obi below…

Thugs loyal to the APC attacked and opened fire on the convoy of HE Peter Obi in Edo State, Nigeria.

What exactly is Obi’s offense? pic.twitter.com/CbZKwj5Ywi

— Peter Obi Grassroots Mobilization. (@PO_GrassRootM) February 24, 2026