State Of The Nation: Obi Blames Killings On Failure Of Leadership

The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has lamented the spate of killings in in some part of Taraba, Benue and Kogi states, describing the development as a fail of leadership.

The opposition leader made the remark on Wednesday on his verified twitter handle, saying countless lives, including children and women have been lost.

According to him, the response of the federal government to the killings have been very abysmal because it remains ‘week and muted,’ adding that the situation appears to have been accepted as the normal way of life to live in the country.

The top  politician said the killings pointed to the fact that law and order has collapsed in the country, noting that the situation portends grave signal for the present and future of the country.

The killings in  “Taraba, Benue, and Kogi States in recent times is heartbreaking. What we are witnessing is not merely violence. It is a failure of leadership and a gaping wound in the soul of our nation,” he said.

Obi stated that the victims of the killings “are children, women, and even men of faith,” and the casualties of a prolonged crisis that shows no sign of abating.

“The bloodshed is staggering, yet the response remains weak and muted. As homes are destroyed and communities torn apart, we risk normalizing the unacceptable: mass killings, displacement, and the collapse of law and order. These are not mere statistics, they are our fellow Nigerians. Each life lost is a tragedy that must not be ignored.

“I have always maintained that the primary duty of the National government is the protection of life and property. When this duty is repeatedly ignored when innocent citizens are butchered and nothing changes, we must ask ourselves: What kind of nation are we building? What future are we promising our children?

“I mourn with the good people of Taraba, Benue, and Kogi. I share their grief, and I feel their pain. But I also raise my voice because silence in the face of such horror is complicity. We need urgent action, not rhetoric. We need justice, not excuses. We as leaders must value human life and will defend it with everything we have,” Obi said.