More than 10 youths injured amid the blockade of the convoy of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in Benue State have reportedly been taken to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, in Makurdi.
Obi’s convoy was reportedly blocked along the Gboko Makurdi Expressway on Tuesday as he travelled to Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area to sympathise with victims of the June 13, 2025 terrorist attack.
The incident reportedly prevented the former Anambra State governor from immediately continuing his journey.
Obi later accused the Special Assistant to Governor Hyacinth Alia on Youths of allegedly masterminding the attack and mobilising youths to block his convoy.
An official of BSUTH, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that more than 10 wounded youths were brought to the hospital for medical attention.
The official, however, said the hospital could not establish whether the victims were connected to the incident involving Obi’s convoy.
“Over 10 wounded victims were brought in here yesterday for urgent medical attention. They are being treated. I don’t know where they came from. We don’t know whether they were involved in Peter Obi’s incident yesterday or not.
“What we know is that they are accident victims and they are being treated. They are responding to treatment and none of them died,” the official said.
Efforts to obtain confirmation from the Chief Medical Director of BSUTH, Dr Stephen Hwande, were unsuccessful at the time of filing the report.
However, the NDC Benue State Publicity Secretary, Agile Bem Jabez Ordedoo, claimed that one of the youths allegedly involved in the attack had died while receiving treatment at the hospital.
“We regret to announce to you that one amongst the young men sponsored to attack the Presidential and Governorship candidates of NDC has passed on this morning at teaching hospital, Makurdi,” Ordedoo said.
The conflicting accounts could not be independently reconciled at the time of publication.
