By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election and former Anambra state Governor, Peter Obi has voiced deep frustration and decried the rising tide of insecurity across Nigeria, calling attention to the relentless killings, displacements, and widespread fear gripping the nation.
Obi questioned the nation’s collective silence and apparent normalization of violence, highlighting recent tragedies that have gone largely unanswered. “Who is going to listen to the cries of families whose beloved members are being killed, maimed, wounded, and internally displaced in a country not at war?” he asked.
Obi who stated this when he took to his X handle on Friday, recalled that in just the last few days, headlines have reported: 15 people killed in Sokoto, 6 murdered in Kwara, over 600 Nigerians still missing—and now presumed dead—following flooding in Niger State, 10 killed in Anambra and 37 slaughtered in Yobe.
These numbers, he suggested, have become daily statistics in a nation worn down by tragedy.
Obi described Nigeria as “living through a nightmare,” adding that citizens now wake up not with hope, but with the haunting question: “How many people have been killed today?”
He lamented the trauma of families scattered in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps and communities repeatedly devastated by unending violence. “We are tired. We are broken,” he wrote, warning that Nigerians can no longer endure this level of insecurity.
Obi, who called for urgent action, emphasized that the security of lives must become a real national priority, beyond political rhetoric and condolence statements. “No nation moves forward while its people live in fear of dying every day,” he concluded, reaffirming his belief that “A new Nigeria is possible.”
