The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the killing of over 150 people at Worro, in Kaiama Local Government of Kwara State.
This is even as condemned the Senate’s rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results.
Mr Obi, in a post on his X handle on Thursday, prays for the soul of the innocent lives.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu following the terrorist attack ordered the deployment of troops to checkmate the barbaric terrorists and protect defenceless communities.
President Tinubu expressed rage that the attackers killed the community members who rejected their obnoxious attempt at indoctrination, choosing instead to practice Islam that is neither extreme norviolent.
“It’s commendable that the community members, even though Muslims, refused to be conscripted into a weird belief that promoted violence over peace and dialogue,” he said.
On the Senate’s rejection of the electronic transmission of election results, Obi said it was an unforgivable act of electoral manipulation ahead of 2027.
“By rejecting these essential transparency measures, they are eroding the very foundation of credible elections.
“One must ask: Does the government exist to ensure order and justice, or to institutionalise chaos? Is its purpose to serve the people, or to fulfil the sinister ambitions of a select few?
“The turmoil, disputes, and manipulations that plagued past elections, especially the 2023 general election, stemmed directly from the refusal to fully implement electronic transmission. Nigerians were fed excuses of a fabricated “glitch” that never existed,” he said.
Obi noted that while numerous African nations adopt electronic transmission to bolster democracy, Nigeria, thesupposed giant of Africa, shamelessly lags behind, dragging the continent backwards.
“We are wasting time hosting conferences anddrafting papers on Nigeria’s problems while we, the leaders and elite, are the real issue.
“Our deliberate resistance to reform ispulling the country backwards, dragging us toward a primitive state of governance.
“By rejecting mandatory electronic transmission—a critical safeguard for electoral integrity—we are entrenching disorder aimed at perpetuating confusion according to the whims of a smallclique.
“Have we not reached a point where we mustthink seriously about the future of our country and our children? Shouldleadership not focus on building a credible, orderly, and livable nation forthe next generation, rather than one permanently ensnared in chaos? When theformer Prime Minister of the UK, aware of our history, labelled us“fantastically corrupt,” we reacted defensively.
“When President Donald Trump declared us a“now disgraced nation,” we were incensed. Yet, with every act of resistanceagainst transparency and reform, we continue to affirm their claims. Thoseresponsible will later point fingers at others for harming the country whilethey quietly suffocate its potential,” he said.
The businessman cum politician warned thatthe criminality witnessed in 2023 would not be tolerated in 2027.
“Nigerians everywhere must start gettingready to rise up, resist, and reject the backward trajectory, legitimately anddecisively reclaim our country from the clutches of deliberate malevolence.
“The International community must take heedof this groundwork for continued future electoral manipulation, endangering ourdemocracy and development,” he appealed.
