“I’m Not Here For Campaign”- Drama In Benue As Alleged Sponsored Thugs Block Peter Obi’s Convoy From Entering City

• NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi has spoken after his convoy was reportedly blocked while entering Benue State to condole with victims of a recent bandit attack.
• According to his media aide, Esther, the convoy encountered a roadblock along the Airport-Boko Road shortly after arriving from the airport.
• Obi said he travelled to Benue to visit families who lost loved ones in the attack, stressing that the trip was not for campaign activities.

NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after his convoy was reportedly blocked while on his way to condole with victims of a recent bandit attack in Benue State.

According to his media aide, Esther, the convoy had just arrived from the airport and was heading into the city when they discovered that the road had allegedly been blocked to prevent Obi from entering.

Obi, who addressed the situation, explained that his visit was humanitarian and not related to campaign activities.

“I’m in Benue State today, not for campaign. I came to visit people who løst their loved ones during the att@ck, condole with them, and show solidarity,” he said.

In another statement, he reportedly said, “The entire road has been blocked.”

Reports circulating online claimed that alleged sponsored political thugs were behind the roadblock along the Airport-Boko Road and were insisting that Obi should not enter the state.

The development has since generated reactions online, with some questioning why the former Anambra governor would be prevented from paying a condolence visit.

@Alfa_Rounder: Oga OBi don’t tell me,u weren’t aware of was coming….and u didn’t have plan B,then u weren’t ready for that journey…plss ooo all is fair in politics…. politics is not for the weak plssss…. wakeup

@UdomRift: Campaigns have started by the way. Would they block roads if it was APC campaigning?. Bunch of jobless reprobates.

@uebaridornu: See benue people wey Fulani wan finish their lineage?

@Godwin047147: my love for this God sent, grow every single day, if this man don’t win, in 2027 I will know that, majority of Nigerian don’t want the good of Nigeria

@EsqMedia26: PO should find a way in, maybe chopper or something

@Ekwensu00001: Hope you all are safe. Abi make we dy travel come Benue tomorrow ? All this madness must ebd

@marcsinterios: Madness only happens when a country is governs by bunch of drug dealers and criminals.

@TimothyUnwaba: So they have this kind of courage and yet bandits comes in to Benue state, kilss and nothing is done?

@susankolame: See people wey them wan help 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ This is official campaign season why is this happening 🙄🙄

@BikeDWeb: The dangers of allowing pigs get close to public offices.

@e_ofunwa: Niggaz were very ready to paste those police men wetin no good. Things I love to see.

@Axondav: Nothing should happen to Mr Peter Obi, I said nothing should happen to him ooo.

@RealKenDIgili: Blocking a former governor from doing humanitarian work in your own state is a special kind of desperate.

@stretchybaba22: And na them suffer casualty pass🤦🏿‍♂️

@AnthonyOnyeGuy: Nawa ooooo