Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential contender, has bemoaned Nigeria’s collapsing security, claiming that the country is bleeding because those elected to defend it have prioritised comfort over bravery, politics over people, and power over purpose.
Peter Obi claimed that the last ten days in Nigeria had seen unprecedented bad news, a degree of anarchy, insecurity, and institutional collapse that should trouble the conscience of all the leaders in a message made late on Sunday using the vis verified X handle.
The former governor of Anambra state bemoaned that Nigeria’s difficult times are not a result of fate but rather of collective leadership failures that foster anarchy, insecurity, and institutional deterioration.
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According to Peter Obi, each day brings a fresh tragedy and a reminder that our precious country is drifting in the lack of capable, empathetic, responsive, and accountable leadership.
“We have all watched a nation blessed with people of strength and resilience drift into avoidable disorder. We should be asking ourselves: Are we cursed, or are we the curse?
“And just as I was speaking about this, 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.
“No serious nation survives on excuses, indifference, or absentee leadership. What we are witnessing is not inevitable, it is the direct consequence of us leaders not valuing human life. Nigeria is bleeding because those elected to protect the nation have chosen comfort over courage, politics over people, and power over purpose.
“We the leaders must remember that governance is not a title, it is a duty to protect every child, every community, and every citizen. We need competence, compassion, and a government that shows up when it matters the most.
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“To every Nigerian shaken in these past 10 days, my heart is with you. You deserve safety, you deserve peace. We deserve a government that values our lives above politics. Nigeria must rise again,” he tweeted.
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