Over 1,000 Nigerians have been k!lled this year - Peter Obi decries heightened insecurity in Nigeria
Gossip • 18h ago
Labour Party Presidential candidate in 2023 election, Peter Obi, has alleged that more than 1,000 Nigerians have been k!lled and thousands more abducted between January and February of 2026.
Obi made the claim on his X account on Sunday, March 1, adding that the scale of v!olence across the country is worse than that of nations officially at war.
He criticised what he described as the “politics of zero humanity” in the country, accusing political leaders of prioritising 2027 election calculations over the safety of Nigerians.
His post reads
‘’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...