- The PDP deputy director of media in the Edo state governorship election campaign, Reverend Olu Martins, has been arrested by the police
- CP Funsho Adegboye, the Edo state commissioner of police, confirmed the development to journalists on Tuesday, June 11
- The police commissioner said that the comment of the PDP campaign spokesperson was inciting and inflammatory, and he has been charged with court
Reverend Olu Martins, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deputy director-general (media), governorship campaign organisation in Edo state, has been arrested by the police and subsequently charged over inciting and inflammatory statements.
CP Funsho Adegboye, the state commissioner of police, revealed this to journalists in Benin, the Edo state capital, on Tuesday, June 11. He added that the statement of the PDP spokesperson can cause violence in the state.
