Peter Obi Mourns Labour Party Women Leader Assassinated in Kaduna

The presidential flag bearer of the Nigerian Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi has mourned the death of the women leader of the party in Kaura Local Government area of Kaduna State, Mrs. Victoria Chintex.

Victoria was said to have fell under the bullets of an assassin while in the company of her husband, who is said to have sustained gunshots wounds to his leg.

Taking to his verified Twitter page, Mr. Obi wrote, “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.

“Her killing, and the loss of many innocent lives across the nation to gunmen and terrorists, are the reason why I must prioritize the war against insecurity as my first task in office. We must not allow the waste of human lives in Nigeria under any guise.

“May the soul of Late Mrs. Victoria Chintex rest in perfect peace. My sincere condolence to her family”.

Meanwhile, Nigerians have continued to react to the death of the party leader on social media.