Those who are dancing now don’t know that the ship is sinking, when it goes down, it would consume everybody; nobody would be saved
By Moses Okorie
The former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has decried high rate of killings across the country and attributed it to absence of a caring government. He said Nigerians have turned refugees even when the country is not at war.
Speaking during a book presentation ‘Obi, the Political Change Agent’ held in Abuja in his honour written by Igwebuike Abonyi, the former Anambra governor called on his Obidient Movement to keep the momentum high until all obstacles hindering Nigeria’s progress are dismantled.
He said: “Today in Nigeria, we are not at war, but people are refugees. Nigerians are refugees in Chad, Cameroon and we are not at war. The only reason is that we don’t have a government who cares for them. People are being killed daily, nobody visits them, nobody says to them we are sorry, nobody cares”.
Peter Obi called on Nigerians to join hands together in order to fight against bad governance in the country today and make it a safer place for people to live.
According to him, “We must join hands to dismantle this thing call a country, because there is no way we would be able to survive with it; it is impossible. Coming here this morning, I went for a short interview, and someone was asking me when I would take holiday, and I said no holiday with the way things are now.
“I said, go and read the Titanic; when it was sinking, some people who were in the upper deck did not know it was going down until it sank with everybody. Those who are dancing now don’t know that the ship is sinking, when it goes down, it would consume everybody; nobody would be saved.
“I have been to places where there are better buildings even to Beirut, Afghanistan and you see them all destroyed. People are busy acquiring what they don’t need, instead of sacrificing for peace”.
The event attracted the presence of bigwigs of the Labour Party including National Assembly members both from the Senate and the House of Representatives including Senator Victor Umeh and Rep Victor Afam Ogene.
The book review was made by former Secretary to Anambra State Government, Oseloka Obaze while the programme was anchored by Dr. Moses Paul Ogidi popularly known as Mad Mo.