{"id":196109,"date":"2026-02-24T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:18:10","slug":"peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after escaping an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST had reported that gunmen attacked the convoy of the former Anambra State governor in Edo State on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Obi spoke in a video circulating online following the attack at the residence of former APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, where gunmen reportedly opened fire, riddling the gate and several vehicles with bullets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where our democracy has reached. A former governor, and you can see what happened in front of his house, where hoodlums came shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI assure you this cannot continue; we have a country, and we are a part of it. We cannot have terrorism and have officials in government terrorising the citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident reportedly occurred shortly after Obi, Odigie-Oyegun, and other political figures attended the formal declaration of Barrister Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Benin.<\/p>\n

A video from the scene showed visible bullet holes on the estate gate and damaged vehicles, indicating the intensity of the attack.<\/p>\n

The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, said the attackers allegedly trailed the group from the ADC Secretariat to Odigie-Oyegun\u2019s residence before opening fire.<\/p>\n

According to him, the assailants shot at the gate and destroyed several official vehicles in what he described as a failed assassination attempt targeting the political leaders.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after escaping an assassination attempt. DAILY POST had reported that gunmen attacked the convoy of the former Anambra State governor in Edo State on Tuesday. Obi spoke in a video circulating online following the attack at the residence of former APC National Chairman, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":196108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-196109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nPeter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after escaping an assassination attempt. DAILY POST h ...\" \/>\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\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after escaping an assassination attempt. DAILY POST h ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T21:10:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T22:18:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\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\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T21:10:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T22:18:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo\",\"name\":\"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T21:10:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T22:18:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after escaping an assassination attempt. DAILY POST h ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo - Nigeria","description":"Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after escaping an assassination attempt. DAILY POST h ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo","og_description":"Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after escaping an assassination attempt. DAILY POST h ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2026-02-24T21:10:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T22:18:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo","datePublished":"2026-02-24T21:10:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T22:18:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo"},"wordCount":245,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo","name":"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-24T21:10:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T22:18:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has spoken after escaping an assassination attempt. DAILY POST h ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971298.68839.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-speaks-after-escaping-assassination-in-edo#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Peter Obi Speaks After Escaping Assassination in Edo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}