Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has expressed serious concern over the spate of killings in Bokkos LGA of Plateau state.
On Thursday, the Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC) said suspected bandits killed over 10 people in Bokkos on Wednesday night.
The attack came a week after gunmen attacked Ruwi community in Bokkos LGA as mourners gathered in the home of a deceased.
Over 22 residents have been reportedly killed in communities in Bokkos LGA within a one-week span.
In a post on his X page on Friday, Peter Obi described the incident as “gory” and “yet another senseless attack”.
“I woke up this morning reading about yet another gory and deeply distressing report from Bokkos, Plateau State,” he wrote.
“Entire families have again, been slaughtered in yet another senseless attack. Children and pregnant women were not spared.”
“We are now normalising mass killings and mass burials as a way of life in our nation,” Obi said.
“Every Nigerian life is sacred, whether in Edo State, Benue, Enugu, Borno, Anambra, Ondo, or Plateau.
“Communities now live in fear and no longer have a livelihood either in their farms or in their markets, without being killed, kidnapped, and maimed.
“Communities like Bokkos in Plateau, Jato-Aka in Benue, Eha-Amufu in Enugu, Ufuma in Anambra, and Aba Oyinbo in Ondo deserve government protection.”
