A former governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole has insisted alongside the current Edo Governor Monday Okpebholo, that Peter Obi, the labour party’s 2023 presidential candidate must get security clearance before visiting the state.

The lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Oshiomhole, pointed out that the school in question, which Obi is expected to visit, is fully funded and maintained by the Edo state government.

According to him, what is required of Obi is a matter of decency and self-respect by informing the state government before visit.

Speaking on Prime Time, an Arise Television programme, on Friday, Oshiomhole said it is important to inform authorities when personalities like Obi plan to visit a state as his last visit resulted in the death of its residents.

He said; “Let’s face it; the property of the Edo State Government is entrusted in the hands of the Edo State governor. If anyone, myself included, goes to Enugu or Anambra when Obi was governor and I want to visit a government-owned facility, like a nursing institution, it is a matter of decency and self-respect to inform the authorities.

“Peter Obi was my colleague, and we knew each other very well. I liked him then, and I still do, but politically, we don’t agree. I do not subscribe to his views on certain matters.”