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Politics of obvious and apparent
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personal vendetta among some youths in
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Edo state, which has been ongoing for
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years, most especially since the
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immediate former governor of the state,
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Godwin Obiski, left office on November
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12th, 2024, took a new twist on Sunday
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night in the city of Manchester in the
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United Kingdom. as a yet to be properly
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identified man walked into an event hall
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where the former governor Godwin Obiski
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and his wife Betty were scheduled to
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meet Edo people and attacked one of
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their main political and media
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supporters Albert Oazay who probably had
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been in the bad books of some Edo
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youth's sequel to his ways of always
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defending the ex-governor Obaseeki and
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exchanging words with those against the
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exgovernor videos made available online
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indicated that Albert Ober was attacked
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while he was live streaming the event on
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Facebook and other social media
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platforms as guests were coming in and
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waiting for the arrival of the former
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Edeto state governor Godwin Obaseeki and
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his wife Betty. Initially the suspected
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attacker walked up to the victim and
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asked to have a conversation with him
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saying I am the double chief you are
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looking for. Come let's talk but Albert
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Ober refused and replied to the attacker
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that you are the one looking for me.
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What happened? As Albert Ober continued
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to demand to know why the attacker had
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decided to see him immediately the
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attacker hit the victim on the face.
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Manchester City police were seen
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alongside their vehicles shortly after
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the attack but the city police
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department is yet to issue a statement
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as at the time of filing in this report.
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Albert Oazay in a Facebook live
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streaming on Monday early morning night
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at a hospital in Manchester said that
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he's currently having difficulty with
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hearing in one of his ears hit by the
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attacker. On November 5th, 2025, while
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on live Facebook video streaming, Albert
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Ober had raised alarms of act of
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possible threat to his life by a man
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simply identified as double chief of
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Manchester, who he said had threatened
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to beat him repeatedly if he visited
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Manchester to attend and organize the
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Obaseeki thank you visit to his
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supporters. Also during the live video,
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Albert Ober narrated how he was almost
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attacked by some Edo youths in Italy.
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Thus described some Edo youths abroad as
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people who always act like animals.
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Before now, Albert Obaz may have faced a
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lot of threats of possible attacks
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issued by some Edo youths who also see
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him as an enemy of the Benin monik
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following the controversies surrounding
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the establishment of Museum of the West
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African Art Moir in Edeto state which
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some youths protested and prevented the
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commissioning of the multi-billion naira
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cultural hub last two Sunday. An act
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which led to foreign guests being
