Amid Uproar Over Torture Of PDP Supporters, Obaseki Orders Probe

With outrage swelling around Edo State over the horrendous video of some youths attacking an elderly man and youths alleged to be supporters of Chief Dan Orbih, the snational vice-chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Godwin Obaseki has ordered a swift investigation and prosecution of the attackers.

The government in a statement made available to  GreenWhiteGreen GWG confirmed that the incident took place in Edo State given that the language spoken by the youths was indigenous to the state.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the video showed some youths harassing some individuals including a very elderly man because of their political inclinations towards Orbih.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG had reported that Orbih who was Obaseki’s campaign manager in the 2020 governorship election had lately become the object of political attack by elements around Governor Obaseki because of his alleged stance on upholding the structure of the PDP in the state.

Governor Obaseki had sought moves to amend the PDP structure in the state with a directive to PDP officers to resign their party positions towards allowing supporters who came with the governor from the All Progressives Congress, APC to be accommodated. Orbih and his supporters who dominate the PDP structure were said not to have been too impressed with the intentions of the governor.

The majority of PDP officials have turned down the offer.

In the video which has since gone viral, party activists in an area in Edo North were seen being tortured for allegedly toeing the injunctions of Orbih.

Denouncing and dissociating the Edo Government from the video, the chief of staff to the governor, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha in a statement said:

The attention of the Edo State Government has been drawn to a social media video in which some young men wielding machetes and cudgels were recorded assaulting an elderly man and some young people within the state.

The state government strongly condemns the reprehensible act and vows to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Preliminary investigations reveal that the incident appeared to have occurred in Edo State, as the persons in the video spoke in a language indigenous to the state.

With its uncompromising commitment to maintaining law and order, the government frowns at all forms of violence and is particularly appalled with the contents of the video.

Government has ordered security agencies in the state to thoroughly investigate the incident to ensure that anyone found culpable is made to face the full weight of extant laws in the state, particularly the Violence Against Persons (VAP) Law.

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