Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed deep concern over the recent outbreak of violence during the visit of Olumide Akpata, the Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate, to the University of Benin.
In a statement issued by Chris Nehikhare, the Commissioner for Orientation and Communication, the state government strongly condemned the incident and promised to investigate it thoroughly.
The governor emphasized that violence of any form, especially within educational institutions, will not be tolerated.
“The PDP would have ignored the statement outright as it was neither signed by the Labour Party nor their governorship candidate but decided to issue this clarification for the benefit of the unsuspecting members of the public.
“The PDP has no hand in the alleged purported attack on the Labour Party governorship candidate, Olumide Akpata (Esq) at the University of Benin as contained in the said unsigned statement.
“The PDP is a law-abiding political party and has respect for and observes the rule of law in its entirety as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended and other extant laws, rules and regulations in our statute books.”