The lawmaker representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has supported Governor Monday Okpebholo for insisting that former presidential candidate, Peter Obi must seek security clearance before visiting Edo State.

Naijaonpoint reports that Okpebholo had warned Obi against visiting the state without prior security clearance, linking a recent trip by the former presidential candidate to a security breach that allegedly resulted in the deaths of three people.

Sharing his thoughts on the governor’s warning on Prime Time, an Arise Television programme, on Friday, Oshiomhole opined that it is a matter of decency and self-respect for Obi to notify Okpebholo ahead of his visit.

He argued that it is important to inform authorities when personalities like Obi plan to visit a state.

The former governor of Edo pointed out that the school in question, which Obi is expected to visit, is fully funded and maintained by the state government.

“Let’s face it; the property of the Edo state government is entrusted in the hands of the Edo state governor. If anyone, myself included, goes to Enugu or Anambra when Obi was governor and I want to visit a government-owned facility, like a nursing institution, it is a matter of decency and self-respect to inform the authorities.

“Peter Obi was my colleague, and we knew each other very well. I liked him then, and I still do, but politically, we don’t agree. I do not subscribe to his views on certain matters,” Oshiomhole said.