The Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Olumide Akpata, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party-led state government in Edo State has destroyed his campaign billboards, describing the action as “desperate, undemocratic, and fascistic”.
Akpata made the accusation at a press conference in Benin on Friday, stating that the destruction of his billboards was a coordinated attack on his constitutional rights to free speech and political expression.
He claimed that the billboards, which he had legally paid for and erected across Benin City, were vandalized and torn down by agents of the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, in various local government areas.
