Chatham House: Peter Obi Reveals Missing Link That Is Causing Ethnic Tension In Nigeria

Chatham House: Peter Obi Reveals Missing Link That Is Causing Ethnic Tension In Nigeria

  • Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 poll, has said the growing ethnic tension in Nigeria was due to the lack of leadership in the country
  • The former governor of Anambra state posited that he would not favour one region over the other if elected as president in the forthcoming election
  • Obi stressed that his administration would be compassionate to the Nigerian people, avoid neglect of any region and ensure transparency

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Chatham House, London - Peter Obi, the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, has posited that the cause of the ethnic tension in Nigeria was the result of the leadership of preference that the Nigerian government has displayed over time.

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The former governor of Anambra state, while speaking at Chatham House, a research institute in the United Kingdom, on Monday, January 16, made the disclosure.

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Obi promised to tackle insecurity at all fronts while adding that he would not leave one region and favour another if elected as president in the 2023 election.

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He said he and his running mate, Yusuf Datti-Baba, would run a compassionate government if they can get to power while stressing that the cause of ethnic tension if Nigeria is neglect, and lack of transparency.

Because now, Obi has been criticised for his failure to condemn the activities of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the southeast, the region Obi hailed from.

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On Sunday, January 14, Obi took to his Twitter page to reiterate his readiness to crush insecurity in Nigeria, while citing Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorist groups but keeping silent on IPOB.

IPOB has killed hundreds of security men including soldiers and police. The group has also killed many prominent figures in the southeast, forced people to stay at home on Mondays and attacked offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Many political analysts have posited that IPOB activities in the southeast could mar elections in the region as the region has insisted that they want secession and not an election.

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The former Anambra governor disclosed this at Chatham House in London while speaking on his plan for Nigeria if elected in the poll.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng