Declare State of Emergency Now, Nigeria Is Bleeding – Obi Charges
The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has decried the state of security in the country.
In a post on his official X handle on Sunday, Obi said Nigeria is bleeding, calling for the declaration of a state of emergency on insecurity.
The call followed a series of tragic incidents that happened during the weekend. It would be recalled that eight personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, were killed in Edo State, as well as five soldiers and 58 civilians feared dead in Borno State.
The former Anambra state governor stated that the killings are stark evidence that Nigeria is in the grip of a full-blown security emergency.
While condoling the families, Obi charged the government to quickly arrest the killers and bring them to justice.
“When over 100 Nigerians are killed in a single weekend, our casualty figures rival those of countries officially at war. This is no longer business as usual.
“It is time to declare a national war on insecurity — to mobilise every resource, every agency, every state, and to suspend all distractions while we begin the process of reclaiming our nation from lawlessness,” he wrote.
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