According to reports, Obi and a number of leaders and members of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), as well as former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman John Oyegun, barely avoided death on February 24 when armed men opened fire during a political gathering in Benin.
Later, Udeme Monday Stephen, a netizen, claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened Obi further on his 𝕏 account.
Online, Stephen declared that Obi was fortunate to have escaped in Benin and promised that the former presidential candidate would not have the same luck the next time.
“We cautioned Obi not to enter Edo State, but he confused our determination with the online chatter of his Obidiots. Thank heavens, Obi made it through this one.
“I found out he’s visiting my state, Rivers. My soldiers will take care of that one and they won’t miss the target. “A bastard is destined to die, so speak no peace to him and wish him a long life,” Stephen wrote.
The man has been taken into custody, according to Zagazola Makama, a security and counterinsurgency specialist in the Lake Chad region.
On Monday, Makama announced this via a post on its official X account.
According to the post, a top security source disclosed that DSS agents initiated a clandestine investigation as soon as the threat was made, using forensic equipment to track down and capture the suspect.
The source claims that Stephen teaches at Jessica High School in Eliozu, which is situated in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State’s Umuehere Community.
The source emphasized, “I firmly believe that the result of the agency’s forensic investigations implicated the suspect.”
“You are aware that the DSS is always aware of its duty to investigate credible intelligence, regardless of tribe or religion, as a responsible security organization tasked with counter-espionage, VIP protection, and other asset protection duties.”
According to Makaka, the source stated, “They quickly deployed operatives, and the man who threatened Peter Obi was caught and is in custody.”