EDO State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has condemned security operatives at the state house in Benin for denying his supporters access to the venue of his Supreme Court victory celebrations on Friday.
Okpebholo ordered the redeployment of security personnel, including the Camp Commandant, who were on duty at the government house during the incident.
Jubilant supporters of the governor, which included market women and members of the All Progressives Congress, had gathered at the Benin Airport at about 7 a.m. to welcome the governor on Friday.
Okpebholo’s flight landed at about 12:40 p.m., and the supporters, many of whom were not mobile, proceeded on foot in a road procession with the governor’s motorcade, chanting solidarity songs.