Edo 2024: How hoodlums attacked me at UNIBEN –Akpata

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, has accused a senior official of the Edo State Government of masterminding the attack on him and some participants at an interactive session organised by the University of Benin Staff Club.

The LP governorship candidate, who was a guest at the event held at the university last Friday, said it was violently interrupted, leading to a crisis within the school premises.

In a viral video released on Saturday, Akpata said a senior lecturer who sustained an injury as a result of the attack was currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Benin.

He also debunked allegations that his security aides shot a UNIBEN student.

He said, “My staff (member) drew my attention to a video that is making the rounds currently of an individual who claimed to have been shot by a security agent. I looked at the video and nothing could be farther than the truth.

“I only wished that the individual could show his face to determine the veracity of his story. I was invited to the University of Benin Senior Staff Club to hold an interactive session with members of the club.

“To our surprise and consternation, this event was interrupted very rudely by some hoodlums who claimed to be students of the University of Benin. They disrupted the event, insisting that it shouldn’t be held without informing them. You can imagine how shocked we were, including the professors there.” Punch