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Veteran filmmaker, Don Pedro Obaseki, has given an account of how he was harassed and str!pped n@ked by irate youths for allegedly speaking against the Oba of Benin.
Speaking in an interview with AIT, Obaseki said the thugs accosted him while playing football with some people when some assailants accosted him, claiming they were sent by the palace of the Oba of Benin to bring him to appear before the monarch for disrespecting the crown. He said he was dragged through different roads, str!pped nak€d and then taken to the palace where some chiefs spoke to the assailants. He mentioned that he was then taken to the police station and was released following a directive from the state Commissioner of Police.
Don Pedro said the countenance of the palace chiefs showed the palace never ordered the attack.
He said the attackers mentioned that his offence was a comment he made in London recently where he said ‘’May Edo people live long and prosper” instead of saying ‘’May the Oba live long and prosper.
He further stated that he feels distraught and traumatized by the incident.
Watch the video of him speaking and also a video from the speech he made in London below…
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