Peter Obi, a candidate for the Labour Party’s presidential election, described as shocking the murder of Mrs. Victoria Chintex, the party’s female leader in Kaduna on Tuesday by unidentified gunmen.
While offering his condolences, Obi stated that if he wins the upcoming general elections in 2023 and becomes president, he will make the war against insecurity his top priority. This is because the woman and many other innocent Nigerians were killed.
According to reports, the hoodlums also shot Chintex’s husband in the leg, and he was immediately rushed to an undisclosed medical facility for treatment.
LP in the southern Kaduna senatorial zone, in a statement by its publicity secretary, Edward Buju, also condemned in strong terms the brutal and cowardly assassination of the Women Leader.
However, Obi took to his verified social media handles on Tuesday evening to mourn the death of the woman leader and to condole with her family, saying, “I am shocked by the mindless killing of Mrs Victoria Chintex, the Labour Party’s women leader in Kaura, Kaduna State, by yet to be identified gunmen.
“Her death is a huge loss to her immediate and extended family, and to our Labour Party. She lives on in our hearts.
“May the soul of the late Mrs. Victoria Chintex rest in perfect peace. My sincere condolence to her family.”
Speaking further, the LP presidential candidate, said, “Her killing, and the loss of many innocent lives across the nation to gunmen and terrorists, are the reason why I must prioritise the war against insecurity as my first task in the office.
“We must not allow the waste of human lives in Nigeria under any guise,” he maintained.