{"id":10737,"date":"2026-03-05T11:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=10737"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:30:03","slug":"dss-arrests-social-media-user-who-threatened-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/03\/05\/dss-arrests-social-media-user-who-threatened-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS Arrests Social Media User Who ‘Threatened’ Peter Obi …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria\u2019s Department of State Services, with the presure from different igbos group, has arrested a 26-year-old man who publicly claimed responsibility for last week\u2019s attack on former presidential candidate Peter Obi in Benin City and threatened to have him killed during a planned visit to Rivers State, according to a security source familiar with the investigation.<\/p>\n

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The suspect, identified as Udeme Stephen, was traced to Rivers State, where he works as a teacher at Jessica High School in Eliozu, Obio-Akpor local government area. DSS operatives located him through forensic tracking of his social media activity after he posted a series of messages on X under the handle @stevetom788, in which he appeared to take credit for the attack and issue an explicit threat against Obi\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe warned Obi against his entrance into Edo State, but he mistook our resolve to obidiots online noise. Thank his stars he survived this one,\u201d Stephen wrote in one of the posts. In another, he warned that Obi would not be spared during a forthcoming visit to Rivers State. \u201cI learnt he\u2019s going to Rivers State. No wahala. Na my MEN go handle that one and dem no dey miss target,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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The attack on Obi took place last Tuesday at the Benin City residence of John Odigie-Oyegun, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, shortly after the group returned from the ADC secretariat where they had formally received Olumide Akpata \u2014 the Labour Party\u2019s candidate in the 2024 Edo governorship election \u2014 into the party. Yunusa Tanko, national coordinator of the Obidient Movement, said several vehicles were destroyed and the gate to Odigie-Oyegun\u2019s residence was shot at. Akpata subsequently disclosed that his cousin sustained a head injury during the assault after being struck with a bottle.<\/p>\n

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