Peter Obi responds to the murder of the Labour Party’s female leader

Petr Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential nominee, has expressed shock over the alleged assassination of Victoria Chintex, the party’s female leader, in Kaura, Kaduna State.

Remember how we reported that Chintex was shot dead on November 28, 2022, by gunmen who reportedly stormed her home and killed her while wounding her husband in the leg?

In response to her murder, Obi expressed his condolences to the victim’s family in a series of tweets on Tuesday. Obi also said that the Labour Party has suffered a great loss by losing the women leader.

If elected, he pledged to prioritize the fight against insecurity and said Nigerians must not tolerate “waste of human lives under any guise.”

“I am horrified by the senseless murder of Mrs. Victoria Chintex, the female leader of the Labour Party, in Kaura, Kaduna State, by as-yet-unidentified gunmen. Her passing leaves her immediate and extended family, as well as our Labour Party, in a terrible loss. She endures in our memories.

“I must prioritize the war against insecurity as my first task in office because of her murder and the numerous innocent lives lost to gunmen and terrorists across the country. Under no circumstances can we permit the squandering of human life in Nigeria.

“May Mrs. Victoria Chintex’s soul rest in perfect peace. My deepest sympathies to her family,” the candidate for president tweeted.