Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- The Benue State governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Terhemba Shija, has accused the state government of planning to disrupt the visit of the party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the state.

Mr Shija made the allegation on Tuesday at a press conference in Makurdi ahead of Mr Obi's scheduled visit on Wednesday.

He said Mr Obi would visit Yelewata, a community in Guma Local Government Area, where hundreds of people were killed in an attack in June 2025, to pay tribute to the victims and console their families.

Mr Shija said the former Anambra governor would lay a wreath at a cenotaph erected in memory of the victims along Lafia Road. He added that Mr Obi would not visit any governme...