The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says the recent attack on the General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, underscores the level of insecurity in the country.
The Star had reported that Apostle Suleman’s convoy was attacked along the Benin Auchi Road, Edo State on Friday.
No fewer than seven persons including three of the cleric’s police orderlies were killed in the attack.
Speaking on the incident via a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle on Monday, Obi, who condemned the attack on Suleman, said the rising insecurity in Nigeria has affected the progress of the country.
The former governor of Anambra State further reiterated his commitment to the fight against insecurity as his first priority in governance if elected as president in 2023.
He said: “The recent attack on the Founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Suleman, underscores the level of insecurity in our nation. Ugly acts like these are reported from different parts of the country on a daily basis, and it is saddening.
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“Such acts of terrorism, violence and criminality are highly condemnable. The high level of insecurity that has continued to plague our nation has continued to clog up the nation’s wheel of progress.
“I restate my commitment to the fight against insecurity as my first priority in governance when voted into power. I am saddened by the lives lost during the attack; one life lost to insecurity, is one too many. I pray God to grant the victims eternal rest.
“May God also comfort the bereaved families. I call on the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of such acts and bring them to book,” Obi stated.
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