Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has raised alarm over the escalating wave of terrorist activities in Nigeria, emphasising the severe toll it is taking on the nation’s economic stability.
Obi expressed his deep concern following the recent killing of approximately 50 individuals in the Ukum area of Benue State and the abduction of numerous women and children in Borno State.
Taking to his official X handle to voice his concerns, Obi stated, “Once again, Nigerians are besieged by reports of terror attacks in different parts of the country.
“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.”
