Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has mourned the death of Benedict Inaede, secretary of the Obidient Movement in Edo State.
Obi announced Inaede’s passing in a post on X on Friday, describing it as a painful and irreplaceable loss to the Obidient family.
“I have just received the sad news of the death of one of our Obidient family members from Edo State, Comrade Benedict Inaede,” he wrote.
–“Painful and irreplaceable loss”–
The former Anambra governor extended condolences to Inaede’s family on behalf of himself and the entire movement.
“On behalf of my family and the Obidient Movement family, I sincerely condole with his immediate family and the entire Obidient family. His death is a painful and irreplaceable loss to us all,” Obi said.
He prayed for the repose of Inaede’s soul and for strength for his family and supporters to bear the loss. “May Almighty God, who has called him home, grant him eternal rest and grant his family and all of us the fortitude to bear this profound loss,” he added.
–Role in Edo Obidient Movement–
Inaede served as Edo State Secretary of the Obidient Movement and was involved in the group’s state-level activities, including issuing public statements on behalf of its executive.
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Details of the circumstances surrounding his death were not disclosed in Obi’s statement.
The Obidient Movement is a grassroots support base that rallied around Obi’s 2023 presidential campaign and has remained active in his political activities since then.
