NDC chieftain and Presidential hopeful Peter Obi has described the abductions of teachers and students from schools in Oyo State by terrorists over the weekend and gruesome murder of one of the teachers as a sign of deep moral and societal decay.
“This is more than a security crisis; it is a failure of collective humanity. We have become desensitised, consuming tragedy briefly and moving on, allowing indifference to normalise the unacceptable”, Obi wrote in a statement issued on X on Monday night.
While sharing in the grief of the affected families, the former Anambra State governor called for accountability and urgent systemic change.
According to him, “if such atrocities no longer move us to action, then we risk losing our shared humanity”.
The full statement is published below…
A Nation Losing Its HUMANITY.
Some events shatter a society so deeply that words are no longer enough to express the shock; the brutal killing of a teacher and the horrific rape and murder of an elderly woman are among such tragedies. These are not isolated incidents but signs of deeper moral and social decay.
How did we get here? How did we reach a point where teachers are hunted and killed, and the elderly—custodians of memory and wisdom—suffer such dehumanising violence?
This is more than a security crisis; it is a failure of collective humanity. We have become desensitised, consuming tragedy briefly and moving on, allowing indifference to normalise the unacceptable.
To the families affected, I share in your grief. But grief alone is not enough.
We must demand accountability and urgent systemic change. If such atrocities no longer move us to action, then we risk losing our shared humanity. -PO
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