{"id":27472,"date":"2020-08-14T14:13:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27472"},"modified":"2020-08-14T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:14:00","slug":"edo-govt-blames-apc-for-attack-on-obaseki-campaign-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27472","title":{"rendered":"Edo govt blames APC for attack on Obaseki campaign team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/obaseki-2-810x492.png\" alt=\"Gov Obaseki says LG election is evidence PDP is non-existent in Edo\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Edo State Government Thursday blamed the attack on the campaign train of Governor Godwin Obaseki at Etsako West Wars 10, on the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/edo-obaseki-police-promise-adequate-security-ahead-of-election\/\">Obaseki<\/a>&nbsp;had embarked on a ward-to-ward campaign to seek for votes ahead of the September 19 governorship election, but his campaign train came under attack by suspected hoodlums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor\u2019s Special Adviser, Media and Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said in a statement: \u201cThe Governor\u2019s campaign team was attacked today (Thursday) by men believed to be sponsored by Adams Oshiomhole and Osagie Ize-Iyamu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe reason why we are so sure is because the governor is embarking on a ward to ward campaign, not local government like the APC is doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe governor was just actually arriving at the ward that Oshiomhole belongs to which is Etsako West ward 10; so some people were planted close to the location and started shooting at the governor\u2019s campaign team. The plan was to scare the governor from coming and scare away the governor\u2019s supporters who were already there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd interestingly the people didn\u2019t even run away. I heard that a child was hit by a stray bullet from a locally-made gun and fortunately the child survived. But the governor still went ahead to hold the rally after the irresponsible behaviour of the hoodlums.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reacting to the allegation, the Head of Media, APC campaign committee, John Mayaki, described it as baseless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cWe should all go out to campaign. I am busy in my village campaigning. All they do is accusing. I really don\u2019t want to respond. We should be campaigning now and trying to win votes for our parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe campaign should be issue-based. I am not interested in accusation against&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/Oshiomohle\/\">Oshiomohle<\/a>&nbsp;because he is not even contesting in the election. They have been spreading falsehood about him. They should go and campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State Government Thursday blamed the attack on the campaign train of Governor Godwin Obaseki at Etsako West Wars 10, on the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). According to reports,&nbsp;Obaseki&nbsp;had embarked on a ward-to-ward campaign to seek for votes ahead of the September 19 governorship election, but his campaign train came under attack by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edo govt blames APC for attack on Obaseki campaign team &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27472\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27472#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Edo govt blames APC for attack on Obaseki campaign team\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Edo govt blames APC for attack on Obaseki campaign team &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27472","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27472#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Edo govt blames APC for attack on Obaseki campaign team"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Edo State Government Thursday blamed the attack on the campaign train of Governor Godwin Obaseki at Etsako West Wars 10, on the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). 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