Peter Obi
The issue of slave trade in Libya which has led to the death of several Nigerians has remained a hot topic of discussions in public space.
A former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has reacted to the
alleged ongoing enslavement of Nigerians and other Africans in Libya.
He said the news was not only sad but also troubling. Speaking with
newsmen at weekend shortly after addressing the conference, “Networking
with the Giants,” organised by African Youths Entrepreneurs, in Lagos,
Obi called for concerted efforts among Nigerian leaders on the Libyan
issue, saying that such tragedy required Nigerians to have a re-think
about the trajectory the country was headed to.
His words, “If you listened to my speech, you would see
deliberate comparison of Nigeria with other countries of relative
development trajectory in the 80’s and how those countries had all
overtaken us, because of leadership failures of the past. What we are
witnessing in Libya is part of the consequences of that failure. Such
occurrences should be utilized by us to advise ourselves as a country
that we must wake up and put this country on the right path to avoid
implosion in the future.
Speaking further, the former governor called on those saddled with
the responsibility of leadership to immediately commence real governance
by doing those things that other nations did that took them out of the
woods.
Obi called on the youth that dream of going to Europe by crossing
the Mediterranean Sea via Libya to resolve to take back Nigeria for
Nigerians by resisting being bought with money during elections.
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