The Edo State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paul Ohonbamu, has slammed the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
He accused Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, of hypocrisy and disregard for lawful protocol.
The Commissioner recalled a 2013 incident in which Obi allegedly detained former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai for 48 hours in Anambra State.
Naija News reports that Paul Ohonbamu stated this while defending Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, who has faced heavy criticism for asking Obi to seek permission before visiting the state.
Speaking on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, the Commissioner said: “Protocol is standard practice, and Peter Obi knows this. He enforced it with brutal efficiency when he was governor.
“El-Rufai himself admitted that he was detained for 48 hours in 2013. That wasn’t just an abuse of power—it reflected a pathological fixation with the use of raw authority.”
“What the governor [Monday Okpebholo] said was not a threat. He only advised Obi to notify the state ahead of any future visits for proper security arrangements. If something goes wrong, it’s the government that’ll be blamed.
“When he visited Edo on 7 July, it was the day the police warned that people should not gather, and Peter Obi violated that order. He’s not the only politician touring states—others comply with protocol, why not him?” he stated.
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