Peter Obi to security agencies: Subdue terrorists and reclaim our nation

Peter Obi to security agencies: Subdue terrorists and reclaim our nation

 Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP)
in the 2023 elections, has urged security agencies to stamp out insecurity in
the nation.

 

Obi,  in a post on his
X page, on Thursday, said it is worrisome that attacks by terrorists occur
almost on a daily basis in the country.

 

He said insecurity is on the rise at a time when “more hands
are needed on farms to produce enough food for local consumption, stem the
galloping food inflation, and build a productive economy” for the nation.

 

“Once again, Nigerians are besieged by reports of terror
attacks in different parts of the country,” he wrote.

 

 “While about 50
persons, including a family of seven, were reportedly killed in a militia gang
war in the Ukum area of Benue State, over 100 internally displaced persons,
mostly women, were reported to have been abducted in by terrorists in Borno
State.

 

“Aside from the sad and painful loss of precious human lives
to these terror attacks, our dear nation has continued to lose its economic and
social life to insecurity.

 

“More worrisome is that these attacks now occur almost
daily. We must not allow our dear nation to continue this dangerous slide into
anarchy.

 

 “I was equally
shocked to read that farmers in Northern Nigeria now pay bandits up to N100,000
for permission to farm or risk being attacked.

 

“These are happening at a time when we need more hands on
the farms to enable us to produce enough foods for local consumption, stem the
galloping food inflation, and build a productive economy and nation for
ourselves.

 

“I therefore salute our security agencies, who have
continued to make different sacrifices to ensure that insecurity is stamped out
in our nation.

 

“However, we need to make more efforts to match the enemies
of our nation with enough fire power to subdue them and reclaim our nation.

 

 “Ultimately, I have
maintained that lifting people out of poverty through job creation and support
for small businesses is the surest way of fighting insecurity in the long run.

 

“The vast lands in the North remain our greatest assets,
which if invested in by the government, will productively engage our youths and
ultimately reduce crime.

 

“I sincerely commiserate with all the families who have lost
their loved ones in these attacks, pray for quick recovery of the injured, and
that the abducted ones may be rescued without further harm.

 

“May God grant eternal rest to the dead.”

Source: Peter Obi to security agencies: Subdue terrorists and reclaim our nation

 - NigerianEye
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