The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, PeterObi, has decried the collapsed security in Nigeria, stating that the country isbleeding because those elected to protect the nation have chosen comfort overcourage, politics over people, and power over purpose. In a post via vis verified X handle late on Sunday, Obi saidthe past 10 days in Nigeria have witnessed unprecedented negative news, a levelof chaos, insecurity, and institutional decay that should trouble theconscience of all the leaders. The former Anambra state governor decried that Nigeria isgoing through troubling times, not by fate, but by the collective leadershipfailures that allow insecurity, lawlessness, and institutional decay to thrive. According to him, each day confronts the nation with a newtragedy and a new reminder that the beloved country is drifting amid a clearabsence of competent, compassionate, responsive and responsible leadership. “We have all watched a nation blessed with people ofstrength and resilience drift into avoidable disorder. We should be askingourselves: Are we cursed, or are we the curse? “And just as I was speaking about this, I received yetanother devastating report about the abduction of 13 female farmers inAskira-Uba LGA of Borno State today by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists. “No serious nation survives on excuses, indifference, orabsentee leadership. What we are witnessing is not inevitable, it is the directconsequence of us leaders not valuing human life. Nigeria is bleeding becausethose elected to protect the nation have chosen comfort over courage, politicsover people, and power over purpose. “We the leaders must remember that governance is not atitle, 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 mattersthe most. “To every Nigerian shaken in these past 10 days, my heart iswith you. You deserve safety, you deserve peace. We deserve a government thatvalues our lives above politics. Nigeria must rise again,” he tweeted.
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