{"id":170298,"date":"2025-07-20T08:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T07:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians"},"modified":"2025-07-20T09:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:35:53","slug":"lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians","title":{"rendered":"LP Senators Urge Gov Okpebholo to Apologize to Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Labour Party Caucus in the Senate has blasted Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State over his threat on the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi not to enter Edo.<\/p>\n<p>This was as they asked the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun and the Director General, Department of State Services, Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi to take note of the threat.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement by Senators Victor Umeh, Ireti Kingibe, Ezea Okey and Tony Nwoye, on Saturday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Peter Obi is a citizen of Nigeria, and his movement is guaranteed and should not be curtailed by sheer Executive lawlessness and impudence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a champion of democracy, nation-building and sustainable development, Mr Peter Obi deserves protection and support from the law and all who share the vision for a better Nigeria,\u201d the senators said.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that Okpebholo on Friday at a public event warned Obi against visiting Edo State without security clearance.<\/p>\n<p>The governor claimed that there was violence in the area following the LP presidential candidate\u2019s last trip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Labour Party Caucus in the Senate has blasted Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State over his threat on the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi not to enter Edo. This was as they asked the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun and the Director General, Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,12790,222],"class_list":["post-170298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-okpebholo","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LP Senators Urge Gov Okpebholo to Apologize to Nigerians - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Labour Party Caucus in the Senate has blasted Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State over his threat on the 2023 Pre ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LP Senators Urge Gov Okpebholo to Apologize to Nigerians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Labour Party Caucus in the Senate has blasted Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State over his threat on the 2023 Pre ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T07:31:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T08:35:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752987999.724773.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"781\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"LP Senators Urge Gov Okpebholo to Apologize to Nigerians\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-20T07:31:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-20T08:35:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752987999.724773.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Okpebholo\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lp-senators-urge-gov-okpebholo-to-apologize-to-nigerians\",\"name\":\"LP Senators Urge Gov Okpebholo to Apologize to Nigerians - 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