Dying Abroad Feels Safer Than Home — Peter Obi’s Stark Warning to Nigeria

Peter Obi has just returned from South Africa with a warning for Nigerian leaders. He listened to compatriots facing xenophobic violence, displacement and threats abroad. Many said they would rather die there than return home because Nigeria feels more dangerous. Obi met former President Thabo Mbeki and three South African cabinet ministers to discuss the crisis. Yet he insists the deeper problem lies in Nigeria’s failing economy, high inflation and silent government. When living in your own country feels less safe than facing violence overseas, he argues, the system has failed completely.

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