Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections has expressed concern over the insecurity situation in the country, saying that the citizens have are refugees in their own country, even when Nigeria is not at war.
Obi made the remarks during the presentation of the book titled, “Obi, the Political Change Agent” in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said that Nigerians must rise and change the current political system, stressing that the current structure doesn’t care about the people.
The former Anambra State governor highlighted the sufferings faced by Nigerians, as he listed issues troubling the country to include insecurity, poverty, theft, lack of accountability by public officials, among others.
He called for collective efforts to dismantle the proceeds of ill-gotten wealth, insisting that “any country where those in government are richer than business people is an unproductive country. A very simple definition of production is value.”
According to him, the current system is totally unproductive, adding that the country has raised “Nigerian masters” who have destroyed rail lines and other infrastructures built by the colonial masters.
Obi further explained that to rebuild the country Nigerians must make sacrifices as he disclosed that the Obidient movement would look for genuine people who are willing to fix the country at all levels.
His remarks may not be unconnected to the activities of some federal lawmakers originally elected on the labour Party platform but who have been criticized for allegedly abandoning their core opposition functions.
Meanwhile, the former Governor, while calling for transparency in the upcoming 2027 poll warned against attempts to truncate the electoral process.
He said, “We’ll make the election count. And those who don’t want it to count, we’ll count them.”
