Lawyers operating under the aegis of the Obidient Lawyers Forum have demanded that the Federal High Court in Abuja should order President Bola Tinubu to compel the Police, Department of State Services, DSS, and others to provide special protection to the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr. Peter Obi, ahead of the 2027 election.
The legal practitioners informed the court that their appeal has become imperative so as not to make Peter Obi a victim of political assassination before and during the 2027 general electioneering process.
The request was contained in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1648/2026, instituted against Tinubu, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Inspector-General (IG) of Police, the Director-General of the DSS, and the Governor of Edo State.
The plaintiffs in the suit, filed on Monday, July 27, predicated their request on a statement credited to Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, to the effect
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