June 10, 2026
Peter Obi
The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC ahead of 2027 election, Peter Obi, has again decried the deteriorating security situation in the country, describing as sad the fact that Nigerian schoolchildren are being turned into pawns in the emerging deadly ransom economy created by bandits.
Lamenting the situation on his X handle on Wednesday night, the former Anambra State Governor said, “It’s heartbreaking to report yet another bandit attack in a school, three weeks after over 40 school children and their teachers are still languishing in the forest.”
“The security situation in Kogi State shows a brutal bandit attack at the Government Secondary School, Iluke (Kabba-Bunu LGA). Armed bandits disguised in military uniforms invaded the school during an ongoing WAEC examination, killing the Vice Principal, Mr Gani Anifowose, two others and attempting a mass abduction of students.
