Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has condemned the attack on the convoy of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in Calabar, directing security agencies to identify and arrest those responsible.

Obi's convoy was reportedly attacked by suspected political thugs on Wednesday afternoon around Watt Market Roundabout while returning from the palace of the Obong of Calabar to Metropolitan Hotel, where the NDC presidential town hall meeting was scheduled to hold.

The attackers allegedly pelted vehicles in the convoy with stones, smashing their windshields and causing panic among Obi's supporters and entourage. The former Anambra State governor also claimed that some of the a...