As the demise toll in Bokkos killings rises, Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Birthday party in the 2023 presidential election, has raised difficulty over the rising spate of insecurity in many parts of the nation.
On the evening of Wednesday, April 2, 2025, armed men invaded five communities in the Bokkos Local Government Residence of Plateau Issue, killing 10 folks.
By Thursday, over 40 our bodies had been recovered in the Local Government Residence as additional our bodies were reportedly chanced on.
Reacting to the tragedy, Obi condemned the ‘senseless assaults’ on households in Bokkos communities.
“I awakened this morning reading about yet yet every other gory and deeply distressing sage from Bokkos, Plateau Issue. Entire households have, again, been slaughtered in yet yet every other senseless attack. Young folks and pregnant girls weren’t spared.
“Five communities in Bokkos, Mangor Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna, Hurti, and Tadai were left in mourning, forced to bury their loved ones in mass graves.
“How long will these killings, kidnapping, maiming and criminality continue in our nation that is not at war? How long must we wait to act decisively and focus on this drastic situation that is crippling our nation? How many more must die before the government act for the people?” he queried.
The broken-down Governor of Anambra Issue mentioned killings and kidnapping are changing into identical outdated occurrences, adding that insecurity is so rife in the nation that Nigerians now are residing in misfortune.
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“We are now normalizing mass killings and mass burials as a daily life in our nation. Every Nigerian life is sacred, whether in Edo Issue, Benue, Enugu, Borno, Anambra, Ondo, or Plateau.
Communities now are residing in misfortune and no longer have a livelihood, either of their farms or of their markets, without being killed, kidnapped, and maimed. Communities enjoy Bokkos in Plateau, Jato-Aka in Benue, Eha-Amufu in Enugu, Ufuma in Anambra, and Aba Oyinbo in Ondo deserve govt protection,” Obi mentioned.
He, therefore, referred to as on the Federal Government to “end this grief and terror, as this is becoming extremely unacceptable.”
“The government and security agencies must ensure that these killings are stopped, concrete steps are made to prevent future occurrences, and those arrested face the justice they deserve,” he mentioned.
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