Tenebe blames alleged factional fight for the attack on Edo ADC secretariat

By Jethro Ibileke 

 

The acting chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Jarrett Tenebe, has linked the attack on the secretariat of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) by suspected thugs on Tuesday afternoon to an alleged faction in the party.

Recall that thugs who arrived in several vehicles attacked the ADC secretariat along Ogbelaka Street in Benin shortly after the defection of former Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Olumide Akpata, to the party.

The attack is coming 20 days after suspected thugs attempted to set the secretariat ablaze.

Not done, the assailants reportedly marched to the house of the national leader of ADC, John Odigie-Oyegun, who was holding a meeting with Peter Obi and other chieftains of the party, and allegedly matched wind shields of several vehicles.

Responding to the attack, the APC acting chairman, Tenebe, said what happened was a result of factions within the Edo ADC.

‎”Did the attackers wear an APC uniform? What is happening in ADC is a factional fight. You saw Owie fighting Oyegun. They should not drag us into their fight.”

It would, however, be recalled that Tenebe had barely 24 hours ago advised the ADC not to come into the state, and barely 24 hours after Governor Monday Okpebholo accused the ADC of sponsoring cultism in the state.

Tenebe, who was speaking during the commissioning of construction equipment by the state government, added that the state was not for other political parties:

“I advised the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) not to come into Edo State as the governor is working and the state is not for other political parties,” he said.