Video of police attacking Peter Obi’s supporters in Ubonyi, Umahi denies involvement (Watch)

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has denied ordering the state police command to teargas supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who staged a one-million-man march for their preferred candidate in the state capital.

Umahi was reacting to the allegation that he ordered the state police command to stop the supporters who converged at Pastoral Centre, Nkwagu Ugbala Ground Arena, People’s Club, and other locations in the state.

The governor, in a statement, issued to newsmen in Abakaliki by the Special Assistant on Media and Strategy, Mr Chooks Oko, said the alleged disruption of the Obidient movement in the state is false.

The statement read: “The rumours making the rounds that he (Umahi) ordered the disruption of a gathering in support of one of the presidential candidates in the 2023 elections is not true.

“The Governor of Ebonyi State is certainly not aware of any disruption of any gathering as he didn’t order any. He is a democrat who believes firmly in the rule of law. He wishes every contending politician the very best and will insist on a level playing ground for all. If it is true that the police dispersed people, the answer will surely rest with the police,” he stated.

In spite of the tear gas shot at them Obi’s supporters in Ebonyi State still marched around the state.

Some of them gathered at the Abia tower section of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway from where they marched to the Michael Okpara Square entrance.

Many of the supporters were captured carrying placards with different inscriptions, such as “We are The Structure”, and “Peter Obi for 2023 presidency.”

See the video of the attack on the crowd here.