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The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said that while politicians obsess with the 2027 general election, over 1,000 Nigerians have been killed in 2026 alone. The former two-term governor of Anambra State made this known in a post on his X handle, saying thousands were also abducted.

Obi tweeted: “It is profoundly disturbing that while we, the politicians, continue to obsess over the 2027 elections—spending our energy scheming about how to capture, grab, and run the next election—the first two months of 2026 have reportedly seen the killing of over 1,000 Nigerians and the abduction of several thousand others.

“This is the painful reality confronting our nation. From Zamfara State to Kwara, Ondo, Kebbi, Edo, Benue, Adamawa, Plateau, and many other states, families have buried loved ones, and communities have been emptied by gunshots and fear.

“In over 25 states across all geopolitical zones this year alone, there have been major violent attacks on innocent citizens, kidnappings by armed bandits, mass shootings, village invasions, and brazen assaults on worshippers and travellers. The scale of bloodshed and the number of deaths in just two months in Nigeria are even worse than what we see in countries officially at war. Yet the urgency with which we discuss these tragedies does not match the urgency of our discussions surrounding zoning formulas, party structures, and campaign strategies.

“This is the tragedy of our politics.

“We debate power sharing while citizens are sharing funeral programs. I watched in tears yesterday as families in the Doruwa Babuje community in Plateau State buried their dead after attacks by armed terrorists, but our media and leaders were focused on discussions about party issues and the 2027 elections, when we aren’t even sure we will be alive to see it, given all the deaths happening in our country today. We strategise about 2027 while Nigerians struggle to survive 2026. This is inhumane.

“We must elevate human life to a sacred status in our national priorities. Leadership is not about winning elections; it is about saving lives. We can, and we must, aspire to a Nigeria devoid of bloodshed—a Nigeria where governance is measured not by political dominance but by the safety and dignity of its people.

“History will not remember how many strategies we perfected for 2027; it will remember whether we acted when Nigerians were dying. We must choose Nigerian lives over politics. We must put Nigerians first.

“A New Nigeria is POssible. – PO.”

https://theeagleonline.com.ng/while-politicians-obsess-over-2027-over-1000-have-been-killed-in-2026-peter-obi/

Agbotikuyo, Arikudunu, Arikusope

Bitterness has done so many damages to Peter Obi's reasoning that everything on his head is just about negativity

That is millions of dollars reduced from the GDP because if the people were alive they would produce and consume

Nigerians are begging Trump and Netanyahu to please, come fast and rescue Nigerians from the Islamic terrorists.

Can Pitobi honestly claim he has not just played politics with this statement? Showing up to donate to schools in crested shirts and branded face caps, under the bright, loving gaze of cameras and press, what exactly do we call that?

this packaged fraud seems indistinguishable from his ever-energetic, directionless headless mobs, forever pointing accusing fingers at others for the very gymnastics they themselves have turned into an Olympic sport.

Richtaiwo:
Can Pitobi honestly claim he has not just played politics with this statement? Showing up to donate to schools in crested shirts and branded face caps, under the bright, loving gaze of cameras and press, what exactly do we call that?

this packaged fraud seems indistinguishable from his ever-energetic, directionless headless mobs, forever pointing accusing fingers at others for the very gymnastics they themselves have turned into an Olympic sport.

All grammar and no substance. No meaningful thing said. Only gibberish.

FROM A MAN WHO HASN'T STOPPED CAMPAIGNING SINCE 2022...

demstone:
FROM A MAN WHO HASN'T STOPPED CAMPAIGNING SINCE 2022...

Is he in any political position?.

They're only bothered about plundering the wealth of the Nation and keeping it to themselves while they give pittance to their online attack dogs to continually defend them.

Orlandoo:
Nigerians are begging Trump and Netanyahu to please, come fast and rescue Nigerians from the Islamic terrorists.

Senselessness being exhibited again by Orlando Onoh.

Mattswaggz:
They're only bothered about plundering the wealth of the Nation and keeping it to themselves while they give pittance to their online attack dogs to continually defend them.

Exactly, how much did Gringory Obi give u?

Its very unfortunate that as bandits slaughter hundreds of people every week, the political establishment of Nigeria are only interested in 2027

gidgiddy:
Its very unfortunate that as bandits slaughter hundreds of people every week, the political establishment of Nigeria are only interested in 2027

How about the killings that have been happening in South East

Stop this mischievousness

helinues:
How about the killings that have been happening in South East

Stop this mischievousness

A testament to the complete failure of APC government to arrest insecurity

gidgiddy:
A testament to the complete failure of APC government to arrest insecurity

You are blaming Apc for self inflicted pain? For how long would you continue deluding yourself about this?

I genuinely don't understand, should politicians not prep for elections next year again because of banditry?

Where is the sense in this outburst?