Ahead of the 2023 general election, the All Progressives Grand Alliance governorship candidate, Prof Benard Odoh, and his campaign team were, on Thursday, reportedly attacked by suspected personnel of the Ebubeagu Security Outfit.
It was gathered that Odoh and his team were allegedly attacked in the Izzi Local Government Area of the state, where they were to meet with party faithful, officials, and supporters, on Thursday.
In a video that is trending on social media, our correspondent saw an image of a shattered windscreen of a Toyota SUV.
Narrating his ordeal to journalists, in Abakaliki, on Thursday, Odoh said the incident signposted ‘war’ on democracy and the people of the state, adding, “if I can’t go to Izzi, it means I’m not qualified to run for the election.”
“As early as 6am this morning, I started getting distress calls. One of our coordinators there called and said the Chairman of that local government warned him and said no meeting should take place in his local government and that he was under pressure from the government. The DPO also called and raised a similar alarm that he was under the same pressure and that we should not come.
“We were confronted by the Ebubeagu team (I don’t know what to call them now). I don’t know whether they are government militia or terrorists. They shot at one of our cars. You guys can see it right here shattered. And we went there with official security men- the Department of State Services and the police, and our entire campaign team.
“That’s the latest development. They have taken the war directly on us and we want to let the world know what’s happening here in Ebonyi State. This is our state, nobody is a stranger here. They have declared war on us. We are not cowards; we are not fools. This is undemocratic.
