Peter Obi condemns ‘horrific attack’ on Borno community, military base, IDP camp
Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election has condemned yesterday’s reported “horrific attack” on a Borno State community, especially on a military base and an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, which claimed the lives of innocent civilians and military personnel, with many still said to be missing.
Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, in an X (former Twitter) post, said that based on several videos of the tragedy that he watched with deep horror, it was clear to him that once again the people “are confronted with the painful reality of the daily suffering that far too many Nigerians are forced to endure.”
Insisting that “this is unacceptable,” the chieftain of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) asked rhetorically: “How long will Nigerians continue to bear the consequences of poor leadership and mismanagement? How many more lives must be lost before decisive action is taken to secure our communities, protect the vulnerable, and dismantle the structures of these insurgents?”
He noted that: “While Nigerians are slaughtered daily by terrorists, what is more troubling is that amid these daily killings, our political leaders are preoccupied with selfish schemings on how to steal, grab and run away with the next election cycle, and keep us in insecurity, poverty and underdevelopment.”
Pledging to stand with the families who have lost loved ones, the children now displaced, and the communities living in fear, in their grief, Obi stressed that their “pain is Nigeria’s pain. Your safety and dignity must be the priority of any government that claims to serve the people.”
He concluded that “Nigeria deserves a leadership that values human life above all else. Our nation is stronger than the terror that threatens it. But we cannot remain silent, and we cannot accept inaction. We must act now, for today’s victims, for tomorrow’s children, and for the Nigeria we all deserve.”
