Unknown thugs on Monday invaded the resident of All Progressives Congress leader, Mr. Ehisco Matthew at Benoni, Government Reservation Area, Benin City and beat up a ward chairman.
It was gathered that the suspected thugs learnt that Mr. Ehisco Matthew with the connivance of some ward leaders in the party, has shifted their usual meetings held at the party’s secretariat in Orionmwon to his house with the intension of engaging in some shady deals.
Another thug who preferred anonymity said Mr. Ehisco Matthew who is a leader of the All Progressives Congress in Orhionmwon in Orhionmwon local government area is not happy that the Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has thrown his weight behind Mr. Godwin Obaseki ahead of the 2016 governorship election against their choice candidate and thus decided to covey an emergency meeting in his house to suspend those in support of the choice of the state governor.
He said having learnt of the meeting, they decided to invade the place and disrupt the proceeding of the meeting.
The situation however went out of control when Mr. Okoro Sylvester of evbuosi ward chairman wanted to gain entrance into the place of the meeting but was vehemently prevented from entering. He was however rough handled and got his clothes torn to pieces.
Narrating his ordeal, Mr. Okoro Sylvester said it was yesterday that he got a notice of a meeting at the party’s chairman’s house and he chooses to attend but to his greatest surprise getting to the place of the meeting, he was given the beatings of his life and barred from entering.
“it was yesterday we got a message that we will be having a meeting today in our party’s chairman’s house. So, we said ok, what is the time? They said 10 o’clock this morning. I could not go back yesterday because we were still having another meeting in Benin. So I have to pass the night here in Benin.
“Getting to this morning, I got prepared and parked my pathfinder jeep somewhere. Coming in, i saw people chasing me out saying I should not come into the house. I asked what is happening? This a meeting. They called that the whole ward chairmen should assemble here today by 10 0clock. Before I could know it, they have started beating me. They tore my clothes, collected one of my phones, took two hundred thousand from the back of my pocket. I do not tell lies as you can see. It was after much investigations that they returned the money,” he lamented in pains.
Mr. Okoro noted that he could pinpoint why they have to beat him up in that manner adding that it is not wrong to honour the invitation of a party’s chairman.
He said though those who beat him up are from Orhionmwon but he cannot identify anyone.
Expressing dissatisfaction on the incidence that played out in his house, Mr. Ehisco Matthew said the elders of the party from Orhionmwon usually meet in his house to brainstorm on how each wards is faring and to profer solution to those having problem adding that it was on that note he invited the twelve ward chairmen.
Edo: Thugs invade APC leader’s home, beat up ward chairman
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