What the true picture of what next year’s general elections hold for Nigeria may truly be emerging with today’s attack on the convoy of the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
More than 10 youths are reportedly injured in the attack and have been taken to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi
Peter Obi’s convoy was heading to Yelwata to sympathise with victims of the June 13, 2025, terrorist attack when the incident occurred.
The youths were reportedly receiving treatment at the hospital after suspected thugs attacked Obi’s convoy along the Gboko-Makurdi Expressway, preventing the presidential candidate from proceeding to Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area.
The NDC presidential candidate subsequently accused the Special Assistant to Governor Hyacinth Alia on Youths of masterminding the attack and mobilising youths to block his movement.
Obi had arrived in Makurdi, the state capital, earlier on Tuesday and was on his way to Yelwata when the convoy came under attack.
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Report quoting an annonymous BSUTH official:
“Over 10 wounded victims were brought in here yesterday for urgent medical attention. They are being treated. I don’t know where they came from. We don’t know whether they were involved in Peter Obi’s incident yesterday or not.
“What we know is that they are accident victims and they are being treated. They are responding to treatment and none of them died,” the official said.
Efforts to obtain an official confirmation from the chief medical director of BSUTH, Dr Stephen Hwande, were unsuccessful as he did not respond to calls put through to his telephone.
However, the NDC Benue State publicity secretary, Agile-Bem Jabez Ordedoo, claimed in a statement on Wednesday that one of the alleged attackers had died while receiving treatment at the hospital.
“We regret to announce to you that one amongst the young men sponsored to attack the Presidential and Governorship candidates of NDC has passed on this morning at teaching hospital, Makurdi,” Ordedoo said.
He added that the deceased had been deposited at the mortuary, while others remained critically ill at the hospital’s emergency ward.
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The NDC spokesperson further claimed that the parents of some of the injured youths were yet to arrive, delaying the commencement of their treatment.
The Benue State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Peter Orchia Aondongu, was not reachable for comment as of the time of filing this report.
The circumstances surrounding the injuries and the alleged death could not be independently confirmed at the time of filing this report.
Obi was reportedly prevented by a group of youths from proceeding to Yelwata in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, where he had planned to visit families affected by the deadly June 2025 attack in the community.
The incident has since generated controversy, with Obi and his party alleging that the protesters were sponsored, while the Benue State Government denied involvement and said it was unaware of the visit.
The Eagle reports that Obi had planned to visit families affected by the deadly June 2025 attack in Yelwata in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, but was reportedly prevented by a group of youths.
The politician and his party are alleging that the protesters were sponsored, while the Benue State Government denied involvement.
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