Nigeria: Police Suspend APC Rally in Edo

13 December 2019

Following the clash of interest between Governor Godwin Obaseki and National Chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, the rally planned to hold today by the latter faction has been suspended till further notice by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, citing overriding internal security interests.

Spokesman of the state governor, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, in a statement yesterday, cited a letter addressed to the Edo State Deputy Governor, Hon. Philip Shaibu, and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, ACP Idowu Owohunwa.

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