- Obi highlighted recent attacks, including the abduction of over 300 schoolchildren in Niger State.
- He criticized leaders for prioritizing politics over citizen protection and safety.
- Obi called for competent, compassionate leadership to restore peace and order.
- He warned that Nigeria’s insecurity is preventable through accountable governance.
Peter Obi has raised alarm over the escalating insecurity in Nigeria, questioning whether the nation is cursed or if its people are the source of its troubles. In a post on X on Monday, the former Anambra State governor said, “The past 10 days in Nigeria have witnessed unprecedented negative news, a level of chaos, insecurity, and institutional decay that should trouble the conscience of all the leaders. Our country is now going through troubling times, not by fate, but by our collective leadership failures that allow insecurity, lawlessness, and institutional decay to thrive.”
Obi reflected on the nation’s trajectory, asking, “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?”
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Obi further noted the abduction of 13 female farmers in Askira-Uba LGA of Borno State by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists.
He emphasized, “No serious nation survives on excuses, indifference, or absentee leadership. What Nigerians are witnessing is not inevitable; it is the direct consequence of the 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.”
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Addressing leaders, Obi said, “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.”
He concluded with a message of solidarity to Nigerians affected by recent insecurity: “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.”
