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  Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and African Democratic Congress (ADC) national leader, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Tuesday narrowly escaped what they described as an assassination attempt by gunmen in Benin City, Edo State. The incident occurred shortly after a high-profile political gathering at the ADC state secretariat on Ogbelaka Street, off Sapele Road, where Obi and other party leaders formally received former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Olumide Akpata and his supporters into the ADC. According to eyewitnesses and party officials, gunmen in about 10 vehicles, including an unmarked Sienna bus and motorcycles, stormed the secretariat minutes after the leaders departed. They fired sporadic shots, vandalised canopies, chairs, and banners, and injured at least three people. The attackers then proceeded to Chief Odigie-Oyegun’s residence on Reservation Road, where they riddled parked vehicles with bullets and left the gate perforated with bullet...

  Isaac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, has delivered a scathing verdict on Nigeria's opposition landscape, declaring the African Democratic Congress (ADC) "dead on arrival" and asserting that Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate, "can never be president." In a viral video shared on Instagram on Wednesday, Fayose expressed deep frustration with the state of democracy in Nigeria, linking his pessimism to recent developments in the electoral system. His comments come just a day after the Senate passed the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Amendment Bill 2026 through its third reading. “Opposition is gone, ADC is dead on arrival. Peter Obi can never be president. Nobody can be president again unless they select you,” Fayose stated bluntly. He further lamented the perceived collapse of credible electoral processes, criticizing the National Assembly—particularly the Senate—for rejecting key reforms, such ...