Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticised the federal government over what he described as a failure to guard Nigerians, highlighting a surge of assaults throughout a number of states simply hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised that such incidents “is not going to repeat themselves.”
Obi made the remarks in a submit on his X deal with on Monday, referencing the President’s assertion at Jos Plateau State airport on April 2, 2026, the place Tinubu had assured grieving residents that such violence wouldn’t recur.
“Lower than 24 hours after the President’s promise, one other brutal assault occurred in Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South LGA, ensuing within the deaths of a number of harmless residents,” Obi said.
He additional highlighted ongoing violence throughout the nation, noting {that a} week after Tinubu’s assertion, communities in Nasarawa State, together with Akyawa and Udege Kasa, had been compelled to flee after gunmen killed at the very least 11 folks, destroyed houses, and left many households lacking.
In Zamfara State, about 150 people had been kidnapped from Kurfa Danya and Kurfan Magaji in what’s described as one of many largest mass kidnappings in latest reminiscence. On the identical day, terrorists attacked Chibok in Borno State, killing 4 officers and burning houses.
Obi additionally drew consideration to Easter Sunday violence in Benue State, the place over 17 folks had been killed and communities destroyed, in addition to assaults in Kaduna State, together with killings inside church buildings and abductions within the Ariko group of Kachia LGA.
“These attackers should not ghostly figures; our inaction emboldens them. How can a President make such a categorical promise and, mere hours later, the nation continues to depend the useless throughout a number of states?” Obi requested, including that the federal government’s major accountability to guard lives and property is failing.
He described the scenario as a nationwide emergency, saying, “Nigeria is bleeding, and the scenario is worsening and more and more helpless.”
Obi concluded with a name for change, insisting that “A New Nigeria is feasible.”