The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has decried the way the prevailing security challenges have ravaged Zamfara communities and hamper agricultural production, thereby aggravating hunger and poverty in the agrarian state.
Former Anambra State Governor, stated this when he paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Gusau and the people Of Zamfara State in Gusau yesterday.
His trip to the North-Western state followed the military strikes in the Tungar Kara community in the Maradun Local Government Area which claimed about 16 lives.
Obi who was represented by spokesperson for the Labour Party, Tanko Yunusa, expressed concerns that people who were supposed to be protected were the ones who lost their lives.
Obi attributed hunger and unemployment as factors responsible for the prevailing insecurity bedevilling Zamfara and the country at large, pointing out that if there is prosperity in the land, security becomes easier.