The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has given reason why he must prioritize the war against insecurity as his first task in office, if elected the Nigerian President come 2023 elections.
Peter Obi on his social media platform Tuesday, giving his reason while reacting to the killing of the Labour Party’s women leader, Mrs Victoria Chintex in Kaura, Kaduna State by yet to be identified gunmen.
He said, “Her killing, and the loss of many innocent lives across the nation to gunmen and terrorists, are the reason why I must prioritize the war against insecurity as my first task in office”.
The Labour Party Presidential flagbearer noted that Chintex’s death is a huge loss to her immediate and extended family, and to the Labour Party. “She lives on in our hearts. We must not allow the waste of human lives in Nigeria under any guise”.
Peter Obi sent his deepest condolences to Mrs Victoria Chintex’s family, prayed that her soul should rest in perfect peace.
Meanwhile, Mrs Victoria Chintex was reportedly killed at her residence in Kaura on Monday night with her husband injured by unidentified gunmen.
Although the police authorities were yet to confirm the incident, the Chairman of the Labour Party in Kaduna, Peter Hassan, told Channels Television that the victim was a very hard-working and very ‘Obidient’ women leader of the party in the Kaura Local Government Area.
Hassan disclosed that the gunmen shot the victim several times in her leg and spinal cord which led to her immediate death.
He also explained that the gunmen rejected the monetary offer made by the husband of the victim for them to spare her life.
Her death comes three years after a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women leader, Salome Abuh, was shot and set ablaze at her residence in the Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
A High Court sitting in Idah, Kogi State in March 2021 subsequently convicted one of the suspects, Ocholi Edicha, to 12 years and six months in prison for culpable homicide.