By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN—Edo State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has petitioned the Assistant Inspector- General of Police, Zone 5, Benin City, over recent alleged invasion of Benin Airport by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, youths and called on the AIG to investigate activities of Senator Matthew Urhoghide.

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In a petition through its counsel, C. I. Aiguobarueghian, the APC contended that it was condemnable that perceived PDP youths gained access and disrupted the peace at the airport despite existing regulations against such accesses in any airport in Nigeria.

According to the letter, “Our client informed and we verily believed it that on April 27, 2018, youths numbering hundreds and led by one Mr. Thaddeus Irabor (PDP State Youth Leader) invaded the Benin Airport awaiting their sponsor, Senator Matthew Urhoghide. Cultural troupes were also on ground singing and dancing strenuously awaiting the “heroic arrival” of their son who had just muted the possibility of impeaching the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, on the floor of the Senate.”

APC claimed it had it on good authority that before the arrival of the senator, the restive youths demanded for the fees agreed to mobilise them to the airport from the said Mr. Irabor, who told them to await the arrival of the Senator who was coming with the money, noting, “This apparently did not go down well with the now intoxicated hirelings who turned on their principal for failure to meet with their contractual agreement. In the orgy of violence, every prominent figure of the PDP in sight became a ready target.”