Okunbo Distances Self from Attack on PDP Govs Near Oba of Benin’s Palace
Prominent Edo businessman, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo , yesterday denied any link with the sponsors of the attackers of the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party chieftains in Benin City on Saturday.
Okunbo explained that he was invited to the palace of the Oba of Benin for a very private ceremony, adding that the private ceremony, which had no bearing at all with politics, took place hours after the incident happened outside the Palace. “That I sincerely frown at the brazen act of disrespect for constituted authorities by the crowd of young men who reportedly became unruly on sighting the entourage of the PDP National Campaign Council and Governor Godwin Obaseki at the palace of the Oba of Benin;
“That I have equal measure of respect for other state governors who were on the entourage with Governor Godwin Obaseki; some of whom are my personal friends; and could not have encouraged any plot to boo or embarrass them;
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