The leading presidential candidate and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has described the brutal killing of a teacher and the horrific rape and murder of an elderly woman as shattering.
Writing on his X platform Obi said
“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.
E-SIGN
IBRAHIM UMAR
POMR SPOKESPERSON
19, May 2026
