Obidients In Cat And Mouse Game With Police In Ebonyi

The Police in Ebonyi State on Saturday disbanded thousands of Obidients who gathered at the Pastoral Centre, Abakaliki for the one-million-march for the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

A source who was at the venue in Ebonyi saw men of the Nigeria Police Force teargas Obi’s supporters, who numbered over 1,000.

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The mass of the Obidients caused both human and vehicular traffic on the popular Old Enugu Road, in the Ebonyi State capital on Saturday morning.

One of the supporters, Steve Ugama, said aside dispersing and tear-gassing the supporters, about five of his colleagues were arrested by the police.

He said, “This is inhuman and undemocratic. We have gathered here this morning for our peaceful March, all of a sudden, the police came and started tear-gassing us and arresting our people.

“They said we can’t hold the march, because Governor David Umahi asked them to stop us, that we can’t hold it. About four or our colleague have been arrested. We need help here.”

However, it was gathered that the Obidients have regrouped at the Mile 50 area of the State from where they are going ahead with the Ebonyi rally.

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