Leading Presidential candidate and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has expressed alarm at the brutal beheading of a school teacher in Oyo State while in captivity and the horrific rape and murder of an elderly woman, saying that it is not only shattering, it shows that “the nation is losing its humanity.
Stating that they are evidence of the worsening insecurity across the country and what many describe as a deepening moral and social crisis, Obi said he fears that such tragedies are increasingly being treated as routine occurrences rather than urgent national emergencies.
Reacting via his official X handle, the leading Presidential candidate under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) expressed concern over what he described as the country’s growing desensitisation to violence and human suffering.
According to him: “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.”
