Peter Obi, 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has said, he is “profoundly disturbed” that Politicians including himself are “obsessed” about the 2027 elections and leaving Nigerians to be “killed and abducted” in their thousands.
The former Governor of Anambra State said on X, more than “1,000” Nigerians have been killed in the “first two months” of 2026 with thousands more abducted.
He described the whole thing as “Politics of zero humanity”.
Obi said, this “painful reality” challenging Nigeria is happening in “Zamfara, Kwara, Benue, Plateau” among other States across the country.
He said, families are burying loved ones and communities have been forced empty due to “gunshots and fear”.
Obi wailed: “It is profoundly disturbing that while we, the politicians, continue to obsess over the 2027 elections—spending our energy scheming about how to capture, grab, and run the next election—the first two months of 2026 have reportedly seen the killing of over 1,000 Nigerians and the abduction of several thousand others.
“This is the painful reality confronting our nation. From Zamfara State to Kwara, Ondo, Kebbi, Edo, Benue, Adamawa, Plateau, and many other states, families have buried loved ones, and communities have been emptied by gunshots and fear.”
Obi said, Politicians are busy debating “power sharing” while Nigerians are sharing funeral programs; he confessed, he cried after learning that, while families in Plateau State were conducting funerals for their dead following attacks by “armed terrorists”, the media were keen on reporting party issues and the 2027 elections.
Obi said: “We debate power sharing while citizens are sharing funeral programs. I watched in tears yesterday as families in the Doruwa Babuje community in Plateau State buried their dead after attacks by armed terrorists,
“but our media and leaders were focused on discussions about party issues and the 2027 elections, when we aren’t even sure we will be alive to see it, given all the deaths happening in our country today
“We strategise about 2027 while Nigerians struggle to survive 2026. This is inhumane.”
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) member said, the time has come for “human life” to be prioritized in Nigeria to a “sacred status”; he added, governance is Nigeria ought to be weighed by the “safety and dignity” of Nigerians.
Obi said: “We must elevate human life to a sacred status in our national priorities. Leadership is not about winning elections; it is about saving lives.
“We can, and we must, aspire to a Nigeria devoid of bloodshed—a Nigeria where governance is measured not by political dominance but by the safety and dignity of its people.”
