Also, over 200 schoolchildren and some of their teachers were abducted in the early hours of Thursday while conducting morning assembly.
Reacting to the terror attacks, killings and abductions, Obi on Thursday in a series of posts on his X (formerly Twitter) handle lamented that these were happening at a time when Nigerians needed more hands on the farms to enable the country produce enough foods for local consumption, stem the galloping food inflation, and build a productive economy and nation.
He wrote, “Once again, Nigerians are besieged by reports of terror attacks in different parts of the country. While about 50 persons, including a family of seven, were reportedly killed in a militia gang war in the Ukum area of Benue State, over 100 internally displaced persons, mostly women, were reported to have been abducted by terrorists in Borno State.
“Aside from the sad and painful loss of precious human lives to these terror attacks, our dear nation has continued to lose its economic and social life to insecurity.
“More worrisome is that these attacks now occur almost daily. We must not allow our dear nation to continue this dangerous slide into anarchy. I was equally shocked to read that farmers in Northern Nigeria now pay bandits up to N100,000 for permission to farm or risk being attacked.
“These are happening at a time when we need more hands on the farms to enable us to produce enough foods for local consumption, stem the galloping food inflation, and build a productive economy and nation for ourselves.
