Labour Party (LP) former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s promise on tackling insecurity while lamenting the spate of fresh bandit attacks and killings across the country.

Peter Obi’s reaction follows Tinubu’s recent visit to Plateau State, where he assured residents and family members of the victims of the Palm Sunday deadly attack that such incidents would not recur.

However, Peter Obi, in a statement via his 𝕏 handle on Monday, titled, ‘“This Experience Will Not Repeat Itself” – Another Presidential Promise fails in less than 24 Hours’, asserted that subsequent events appear to contradict Tinubu’s assurance, citing fresh attacks in Plateau, Zamfara, Borno and other states.

Peter Obi noted that less than 24 hours after Tinubu visited Plateau state, another brutal attack occurred in Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South LGA, resulting in the deaths of several innocent citizens.

The former Governor of Anambra State noted that Nasarawa State has been plunged into grief as the Akyawa and Udege Kasa communities fled for their lives after gunmen killed at least 11 people.

Peter Obi also cited the attack in Borno State, with over 17 Nigerians massacred, entire communities left in ruins, and many individuals still unaccounted for, stressing that the country is bleeding.

He maintained that protecting lives and property remains the government’s primary responsibility.

The statement read, “Less than 24 hours after President Tinubu stood at the Jos Plateau State airport on April 2, 2026, and promised the grieving Nigerian citizens, “I promise you that this experience will not repeat itself,” another brutal attack occurred in Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South LGA, resulting in the deaths of several innocent citizens.

“Since then, and only a week following that reassuring promise from the President, Nasarawa State has been plunged into grief as the Akyawa and Udege Kasa communities fled for their lives after gunmen killed at least 11 people. Many homes were reduced to ashes, and numerous families remain missing.

“In Zamfara State, 150 innocent Nigerians were abducted from the Kurfa Danya and Kurfan Magaji communities in one of the largest mass kidnappings in recent times. On the same day of the Zamfara kidnappings, terrorists in Borno State stormed Chibok, killing four officers and burning down homes.

“Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, Benue State was rocked by violence again, with over 17 Nigerians massacred, entire communities left in ruins, and many individuals still unaccounted for. Today, in Kaduna State, several innocent citizens were killed by terrorists inside churches, with many others abducted in the Ariko community of Kachia LGA.

“Yet we were told, “This experience will not repeat itself.” This represents a failure of leadership and responsibility, and sadly, Nigerians are paying for it with their lives.

“These attackers are not ghostly figures; our inaction emboldens them. How can a President make such a categorical promise and, mere hours later, the nation continues to count the dead across multiple states? The primary responsibility of any government is to protect lives and property; however, this responsibility is failing today. Nigerians are being slaughtered in their homes, in their communities, and in the very places they should feel safest. Even the President did not enter these communities, so who is truly safe in Nigeria?

“This is a national emergency. Nigeria is bleeding, and the situation is worsening and increasingly helpless.”