Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi and a top figure of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), John Oyegun, on Tuesday escaped an attack by hoodlums in Benin City, the Edo State capital.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the armed hoodlums shot at Messrs Obi and Oyegun, as well as members of the Obidient Movement, while they were moving to Mr Oyegun's residence from the ADC secretariat in Edo State.

The politicians had attended the party's rally organised to formally receive former Edo State governorship candidate Olumide Akpata from the Labour Party into the ADC.

The rally took place at the ADC secretariat located along Ogbelaka Street, off Sapele Road, Benin City.

The hoodlums arrived at the pa...