The Digest:
Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has issued a strong condemnation of the deadly terrorist attack on a Niger State market, describing the persistent cycle of violence as a "national shame" and calling for an urgent, coordinated security response to protect citizens.
Key Points:
- Peter Obi condemned the Niger market attack that killed over 40 people as a "national shame."
- He lamented that the country is beginning the new year with renewed, widespread violence.
- Obi linked the attack to a disturbing pattern of recent assaults in Plateau, Kano, and Katsina states.
- He emphasized that protecting lives must be the government's foremost responsibility.
- The former governor called for an "all-hands-on-deck" approach to end the insecurity menace.
- He extended condolences to bereaved families across the affected states.
- Obi stated that the repeated failure to ensure basic security has become tragically normalized.
Sources: Daily Trust, The Cable
