The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a man suspected of being behind the recent attempt to assassinate the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, in Benin, the Edo State capital.
Obi, a former governor of Edo State, Chief John Oyegun, and several chieftains and members of the All Democratic Congress (ADC), on February 24, escaped death by the whiskers when armed men fired several gunshots at them at their party meeting in Benin.
Shortly after the attack, one Udeme Monday Stephen, posted on his X account @stevetom788. He claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened further attacks on Obi.
Stephen stated online that Obi was lucky to have escaped in Benin, and vowed that the former presidential candidate wouldn’t be that lucky next time.
A top security source disclosed that, no sooner had Stephen issued the threat than DSS operatives began operations to track and arrest him.
The statement adds, that the suspect is a 26 year old Udeme Monday Stephen, and teaches at a High School in Eliozu, in Obio-Akpor LGA, Rivers State.
The statement quote a source as saying it strongly believe that the outcome of the agency’s forensic investigations implicated the suspect.
DSS is saddled with the task of counter-espionage, VIP protection, among other asset protection duties and is always alive to its responsibility of investigating credible intelligence, irrespective of tribe or religion.
The swift operations led to the arrest of the suspect who had threatened Peter Obi. Stephen would soon be charged to court.
