By Kingston Magare 9.3.2026
Former Anambra State governor and 2027 presidential aspirant Peter Obi has accused President Bola Tinubu of focusing their attention on how to remain in power rather than crush rampaging terrorists and bandits who continue to kill soldiers and civilians across the country.
Obi was speaking against the background of a recent bloodbath in Borno, where Boko Haram elements and the troops of Nigeria army clashed in Ngoshe town.
“Our nation is clearly under siege, and the scale of insecurity is becoming unbearable, spreading widely all over the country,” Mr Obi said in a statement on Monday.
“This week alone in Borno State’s Ngoshe community, terrorists overpowered soldiers, killing them and several citizens, while abducting more than 100 women and children, yet our leaders are silent.”
He pointed out that the primary responsibility of any government is secure lives and property.
“The primary responsibility of any government is to secure the lives and property of its citizens. Yet, the response from the government in power to all the incidents has been dead SILENCE, as if Nigerian lives no longer matter.
The ruling class are instead devastatingly more preoccupied with how to snatch, grab, and run away with the next election.
“From Nasarawa, Kogi and Benue, residents are screaming that terrorists now flock to their farms and forests, disrupting economic activities, forcing entire villages to flee in fear. In Nasarawa’s Kadarko area alone, 14,318 civilians are now registered as internally displaced persons,” Obi added.