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The mega rally of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC), scheduled for Garrick Memorial School, Benin City, did not hold Friday as planned, but a gathering eventually held at the home of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, amidst tight security, where he and his supporters were formally received into the party.
The botched rally was to welcome Ize-Iyamu, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last election, who decamped to the APC with his supporters.
The decision of the Edo APC was apparently in conformity with a letter of the Inspector General of Police, advising against the rally for security reasons.
Also yesterday, the Edo State Government placed a ban on all political rallies, demonstrations or procession in all parts of the state and directed all security agencies to deal firmly with…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
