The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, currently a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has decried the massacre of Christians on Palm Sunday in Plateau State; lamenting that Nigeria has become synonymous with a country steadily normalizing loss of its own people. He asserted that no nation or leader normalizes tragedy.

Obi in a statement - Nigeria Bleeds - expressed perturbation over receiving disturbing news and images from Jos of a painful attack at the Angwa Rukuba area, Jos north, Plateau State.

He noted that the recurring loss of innocent lives in Plateau State exemplified the insecurity innocent citizens face in the country without any protection.
"These continuous devastating headlines are a reminder of a nation that is steadily normalizing the loss of its own people," Oi declared.

Obi in the statement asserted:

"Arriving back from my visit to Kano this evening, I received disturbing news and images from Jos of a painful attack at the Angwa Rukuba area, Jos north, Plateau State.

"The recurring loss of innocent lives in Plateau State reminds us, yet again, of the insecurity innocent citizens face in our nation without any protection.

"These continuous devastating headlines are a reminder of a nation that is steadily normalizing the loss of its own people.

"It is unacceptable that these attacks happen with such frequency, and even more unacceptable that there seems to be no decisive sustained strategy to end them. No nation or leader normalizes tragedy.

"The safety of Nigerians lives must become non-negotiable, we cannot continue to mourn what should have been prevented. Enough is enough.

"My heart goes out to the families who have lost loved ones. May the souls of the departed rest in peace, and their memories never be forgotten.

"I pray that we get a country where the loss of lives is no longer a recurring reality.

"We cannot continue like this. - PO"