The national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has arrived Benin City, ahead of Friday December 13, 2019 mega rally of the party.

He was accompanied by a retinue of his aides including the former Chief of Staff, Mr Patrick Obahiagnon aboard private airline on Thursday night at the Benin airport, amid tight security.

A leader of the party who was privy to the meeting said the mega rally billed for Garrick Memorial School on Friday December 13, 2019 in Benin City which was earlier cancelled by the Inspector, Adamu Mohammed, said the meeting started after the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole Oshiomhole arrived the State for the rally.

Spokesman of APC in Edo State, Mr Chris Azebamwan who also conformed the report to our Correspondent, insisted that the rally will hold.

He dismissed report in social media that the rally has been cancelled.

Azebamwan however did not give details of the personality to attending the meeting and the venue of Thursday night meeting in Benin which coincide with the Birthday party of a President of the National President of Road Transport Emoloyees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Mr Osakpamwan Eriyo.

Meanwhile, the purported rally allegedly being planned by persons claiming to represent the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been suspended till further notice by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, who cited ‘overriding internal security interests.’

The rally was slated to hold at Garrick Memorial College, Ekenwan Road on Friday, December 13, but youths on Thursday besieged major streets in Benin metropolis protesting against the event, which they said put the state’s security framework in jeopardy over concerns linked to cult-related clashes.

In a letter addressed to the Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, ACP Idowu Owohunwa, the Police said “in cognizance of the security consequences of the proposed Mega Rally, I am to confirm that the Inspector General of Police has directed the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command to emplace appropriate security framework that is directed at suspending the rally until further notice.

“He has also been directed to summon a meeting of all parties involved in the political development with a view to engaging them towards giving effect to his directives in overriding internal security interests”, the letter said.

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