Stampede: Peter Obi sympathizes with the families of the bereaved
The former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi sympathizes with the families of the bereaved, which occurred during the Christmas giveaway stampede in Oyo State, Abuja, and Anambra State.
Peter Obi took to his X account to write an emotional post about the stampede that was caused as a result of hunger and poverty.
”I am deeply s@ddened and distr3ssed by the tr@gic l0ss of lives in desperate searches for food. A few days ago, about 35 people, mostly children, l0st their lives in a stampede at a Christmas Funfair in Ibadan, Oyo State.
This morning, reports emerged of at least 10 people l0sing their lives in Abuja while scrambling for palliatives, with many others injured. Now, I just heard that about 19 more lives were l0st in another stampede in Okija, Anambra State, as people struggled to receive food items.
While I will not cast blame but instead appreciate the organizers of these respective events for their kind gestures in providing palliatives and support to society, especially the poor, these tr@gedies reflect the systemic failures that plague our society.
The desperate quest for survival in these harsh economic times has driven our people to extremes in their search for food, often at the cost of their lives. How do we explain that in a nation blessed with abundant resources, our people are dy!ng of hunger in such numbers? How is it possible that we cannot feed our citizens despite the vast, fertile lands our nation is endowed with? My heart bleeds.
One can only imagine the p@in their families are enduring at this moment. My heart goes out to them. I sincerely commiserate with all the affected families and the good people of Oyo, Anambra, and the FCT over these tr@gic incidents.
May God grant them, and all of us, the strength to bear these p@inful l0sses. May God Almighty grant the departed souls eternal rest and may the !njured recover swiftly.
-PO”
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