‘Nigeria bleeds with everyday bloodshed- Peter Obi laments

By, David Usman, Abuja 

The former Presidential Candidate of Labour Party LP in the last 2023 general election, Peter Obi on Thursday said that the country is bleeding with everyday bloodshed.

Obi made this known in a statement signed and made available through his official X-handle.

He lamented over the continuous killings and maiming of innocent and defenceless citizens of the country by gunmen 

The statement reads in part: “Who is going to listen to the cries of families whose beloved members are being killed, maimed, wounded, and internally displaced in a country not at war?

“Regrettably, we have now normalized the fact that our nation bleeds with everyday bloodshed.

Again, the headlines today screamed of more bloodshed, with 15 people killed in Sokoto, 6 killed in Kwara, and over 600 Nigerian citizens from Niger state still missing, since the flooding are now presumed dead. How much more can we take?

“Yesterday it was 10 in Anambra, and before then 37 people were killed in Yobe. Who will listen to our pain? Who will hear the silent cries of a nation waking up every morning to news of bloodshed, sorrow, and loss with families scattered in IDP camps?

“We are living through a nightmare. We no longer have the strength to cry. We just wake up and ask, “How many people have been killed today”. Another village. Another family. Another mass grave.

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“We are tired. We are broken.

Nigerians are living in fear of steady insecurity. When will it end?

“We cannot survive much longer like this. May we, as a country, now take the security of life seriously? Not with words or empty condolences, but with action. Because no nation moves forward while its people live in fear of dying every day” stated.