The Edo State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paul Ohonbamu, has accused the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, of hypocrisy and disregard for lawful protocol.
He also cited a past incident in 2013 where the former Anambra State governor allegedly detained former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for 48 hours in Anambra State.
Ohonbamu’s remarks come after Obi’s recent visit to Edo State, which the commissioner claimed violated security protocols and stirred unnecessary controversy.
“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,” he said on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.
