Peter Obi decries rising insecurity, killings, calls for responsive leadership

Crime Diary

ABUJA, Nigeria (NPA) — Presidential aspirant Peter Obi has described the recent wave of gruesome events across Nigeria as tragic, unacceptable, and a damning indictment of leadership failure.

In a statement titled “A Decaying Nation Crying for Leadership”, Obi cited reported killings in Katsina, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Benue States, the gruesome murder of an entire family in Plateau State, and the abduction of children in Kogi and Kaduna.

He noted one incident where children were forced to convey their mother’s body for burial, warning that Nigeria is bleeding and fast becoming a place where human life is treated as expendable.

Obi lamented that within 48 hours, 11 people were killed in Katsina, 7 in Benue, 23 in Adamawa, an entire family murdered in Plateau, 24 children abducted from an orphanage in Kogi, and 10 more taken in Kaduna.

He stressed that these are not mere statistics but fellow Nigerians whose lives have been brutally cut short. “This cannot continue. A nation cannot develop under the weight of such persistent insecurity and human tragedy. The normalization of these horrors is itself a crisis. Where is the leadership, coordination, competence, and compassion required to confront this menace decisively?” he asked.

Obi expressed sympathy to the grieving families and prayed for the safe return of abducted children, reiterating his call for urgent action to restore security and protect lives.