The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the blockade of Peter Obi from entering Yelwata Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Benue State was government-sponsored.
Sowore made this allegation on Tuesday when he appeared in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.
It was reports that there was tension in Benue State on Tuesday after suspected thugs allegedly blocked a major road as Obi arrived in the state.
Reacting, Sowore said, “You need no one to tell you Peter Obi blockade in Yelwata was government-sponsored.
It was written all over the crowd, the way they conducted themselves, and the body language of the security agencies hanging around.
“The fact that, since the activity took place, we have not heard officially from the police force that they were part of the plan to prevent him from entering Yelwata and it’s a shame.
“My position is that nobody should be prevented from going anywhere in Nigeria even when we are not experiencing elections.
“Every Nigerian must be equally granted the opportunity to go wherever they want to campaign. Even when they don’t want to campaign, you have the right to go anywhere in Nigeria.”
