The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has expressed concern over what he described as an “unprecedented negative news” recorded across Nigeria within 10 days, blaming the situation on “collective leadership failures.”
In a statement on Monday, Obi warned that the country was drifting into “avoidable disorder” due to insecurity, lawlessness, and institutional decay.
“The past 10 days in Nigeria have witnessed unprecedented negative news, a level of chaos, insecurity, and institutional decay that should trouble the conscience of all the leaders.
“Our country is now going through troubling times, not by fate, but by our collective leadership failures that allow insecurity, lawlessness, and institutional decay to thrive.
Each day confronts us with a new tragedy and a new reminder that our beloved country is drifting amid a clear absence of competent, compassionate, responsive, and responsible leadership.
“We have all watched a nation blessed with people of strength and resilience drift into avoidable disorder,” ” he said.
He listed a series of violent incidents across the country, including the “killing of a Brigadier General, the abduction of 64 civilians in Zamfara, the abduction of 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi, the attack on worshippers in Kwara, the abduction of over 300 schoolchildren and teachers in Niger and others.
Obi also mentioned the fresh attack on female farmers in Borno, saying, “I received yet another devastating report about the abduction of 13 female farmers in Askira-Uba LGA of Borno State today by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists.”
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