Supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections popularly known as Obidients on X platform (formerly Twitter) have celebrated the public assault and humiliation of the Lamidi Apapa-led Labour Party faction members in Edo State. An X user, @TheSerahIbrahim posted a chaotic video which she claimed was a scene of youths in an undisclosed location in Edo State where they were attacking and beating the Labour Party faction members including the party's factional youth leader, Eragbe Anslem.
Suspected cultists in Benin City, Edo State capital, killed a Benin-based cinematographer and presenter working with the Independent Television (ITV), Mr Hilary Odia on Christmas Eve at his residence located at Esigie Street in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. The suspected cultists also killed a vigilante commander identified as Osasu and two other persons in the area. The vigilante commander was reportedly ambushed and shot dead at Iyobosa area while the two other casualties were shot at Nekpen-Nekpen and Uwa streets respectively.
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PUNCH Online gathered that Musa died after being allegedly shot by suspected hunters in the community and then set ablaze while grazing his aged father's cattle.
An X (formerly Twitter) user, Yusuf Abubakar, has accused the Edo State Police Command of negligence in bringing the suspected killer of his cousin, Isiyaka Musa, to justice.