Edo: I Saw Peter Obi In Church When Archbishop Died and He Said Amen While I Was Praying—Okpebholo

Monday Okpebholo, the Governor of Edo State, has referred to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), as a baby politician while recounting a time when Obi attended a church service in Edo State.

According to a video posted on the official YouTube channel of SYMFONI on Saturday, November 14, 2026, while speaking, Okpebholo said the only time he saw Obi in Edo State was in a church when the Archbishop died.

The governor said he did not know Obi was present at the service until he later watched a video of the event, which showed the visitor responding Amen while he was praying during his speech at the service.

During the interview, he stated, “the only time I saw him in Edo, he came and he was in the church when the Archbishop died. I didn’t know he was there until I was watching the video, when I was making a speech, and I saw that while I was praying, he was also saying, ‘Amen.’ So he’s already acknowledging a stronger politician. These are baby politicians.”

Okpebholo said the response showed that Obi was already acknowledging a stronger politician, a remark he made while referring to the church service attended by the NDC presidential candidate in the state after the death of the Archbishop.

In his concluding remarks, the governor said he does not talk about baby politicians, ending his comments on the visit of the NDC presidential candidate to Edo State and the church service held after the Archbishop had died.

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