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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has urged security agencies to do more in securing the nation, saying that it is unacceptable for innocent Nigerians to continue to be killed in their hundreds within their own country.

In a statement posted on his official social media page on Thursday, Obi said the implications of an insecure environment for development are far-reaching, as investors will not consider venturing into to a nation where their resources will not be safe and secured.

He also urged critical stakeholders including, traditional, Christian, and Muslim leaders to continue pushing for peace among their people in the way and manner they conduct themselves.

Below is the former Anambra State governor’s full statement.

The rising insecurity in the country leading to mindless bloodletting, particularly in the North Central zone of the country, and the continued disruption of business and social activities in the South East are all becoming very worrisome.

The violent attacks in the North Central states of Benue and Plateau lately took a new twist with high records of kidnapping, arson, and loss of human lives. According to the 1st Quarter Mass Atrocities Casualty Tracking Report, over 1230 Nigerians were killed, 79 of them security operatives, with over 600 abductions in the first quarter of this year alone.

With what has been happening in the North Central and Zamfara state lately the figure as of today will be mind-boggling even far more than the deaths recorded in Russia/Ukraine ongoing carnage.

It’s unacceptable that hundreds of innocent lives will continue to be wasted in Nigeria needlessly through communal clashes, bandits, and kidnapping activities. The situation in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau states has raised a lot of anxiety because of the number of lives and properties lost with very little resistance from security operatives.

Also disturbing is the continued disruption of business and social activities in the South East region over the Sit-at-Home directive purported to be coming from the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, when the body has publicly denied issuing such directive.

What is going on in the South East therefore is essentially a criminal activity that must be nipped in the bud, with all hands being on deck, security agencies, and the people alike.

The South East Governors are to be commended for their renewed efforts at curbing this menace but there is a need to be more strategic and intelligence-driven in our approach to reducing the suffering of innocent people.

Security agencies should take necessary and quick steps to arrest the ugly incidents because the country cannot just be spilling the blood of innocent citizens. We as a people through our various governments should up our value for human lives in the way and manner we respond to issues that touch lives.

The implications of an insecure environment for development are far-reaching because no investor will consider going to an area where their resources will not be safe and secured.

Therefore, I will like to urge critical stakeholders in these areas, traditional, Christian, and Muslim leaders to continue pushing for peace among their people in the way and manner they conduct themselves.

The various governments at all levels should also take deliberate steps to address the issue of poverty and youth unemployment because the provision of stomach infrastructure is the surer way to tackle insecurity.

Also, urgent steps should be taken consciously and intentionally to ameliorate the hardship of the people.

socialmediaman:
Peter Obi promised to tackle insecurity in Anambra as governor and he did. That's what a real leader does.

socialmediaman:
The former governor noted that the more insecurity bewilders Nigeria, the less likely the nation will be able to woo investors over to help develop the country.



Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2023/07/13/insecurity-it-is-unacceptable-for-hundreds-of-innocent-lives-to-be-wasted-obi/

Never4getU:
Wetin this one dey talk? Talk is cheap even people with clout never talk finish na u abeg comot there joror

squash47:
That's why Anambra is thr safest state in Nigeria after Benue.

yarimo:
Mumu man but it's acceptable for your unknown gun men to killed innocent people abi

yarimo:
peter obi created unknown gun men, it shall never be well with him

Vischy:
You suffered for 8 years under APC and you still went ahead to vote for them again. Prayers cannot solve your problems 🤣🤣🤣

socialmediaman:


A leader is judged by what he did as a leader. Peter Obi fought insecurity in Anambra and restored normalcy and safety in the state while he was governor

socialmediaman:
The former governor noted that the more insecurity bewilders Nigeria, the less likely the nation will be able to woo investors over to help develop the country.



Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2023/07/13/insecurity-it-is-unacceptable-for-hundreds-of-innocent-lives-to-be-wasted-obi/

socialmediaman:
Peter Obi promised and restored security in Anambra while he was governor, that's what a real leader does.

Terror55:
Oga rest first
Many lives were wasted before you started this your obidient movement and you said nothing. Stop making people believe you are the messiah