{"id":113296,"date":"2024-07-18T22:47:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113296"},"modified":"2024-07-18T22:47:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:47:56","slug":"armed-thugs-attack-edo-apc-guber-candidate-in-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/armed-thugs-attack-edo-apc-guber-candidate-in-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed thugs attack Edo APC guber candidate in Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1804946830857966093\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Armed thugs, allegedly led by Francis Inegbeniki, have attacked the convoy of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC] in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nInegbeniki was until recently a chieftain of the APC before he decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP].<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the legislative aide [Media and Communication] to Senator Okpebholo, Godswill Inegbe, gave a vivid account of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Read his statement: \u201cThis afternoon [Thursday, July 18, 2024] the motorcade of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the APC governorship candidate, was brutally attacked by members of Edo State Security Network and Edo state government sponsored thugs allegedly led by Francis Inegbeniki.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the unprovoked brutal attack, three mobile policemen attached to the security detail of Senator Okpebholo were injured with bullets wound, while one of the policemen has been declared dead!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Monday Okpebholo is at this moment admitted in an undisclosed hospital in Benin receiving medical attention, and other members of his entourage who were victims of the brutal attack are in various hospitals in Benin City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Signed<br \/>\nGodswill Inegbe<br \/>\nLegislative Aide To Senator Monday Okpebholo<br \/>\n(Media &amp; Communication)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed thugs, allegedly led by Francis Inegbeniki, have attacked the convoy of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC] in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo. 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