Justice Azuka: Obi Decries Growing Insecurity, Calls for Holistic Solution

By Chris Okafor

Former Anambra Governor and Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi has expressed sadness over gruesome murder of Hon. Justice Chukwunenye Azuka,calling for collective, outside-the-box solution to the crisis.

Obi made the remarks while fielding questions with journalists at the state assembly complex on Friday shortly after the valedictory session held in honour of the late lawmaker.

The former Governor disclosed that Anambra was going through a difficult time where a promising young man with a great future was killed in cold blood for nothing.

“Nobody will be happy over this, unless you are not a human being. We are going through a very difficult time, where a very promising young man in the future, who actually believed in a better State and a better Nigeria can be gruesomely murdered for no reason.

Obi decried the security situation in Nigeria as something “worrisome” , stressing the need for collective efforts to tackle the crisis.

“The entire country is facing this difficult situation, security wise. It is important that we should deal with it as a body. And there are so many ways to deal with it. In this, we have to do the right thing. We should try to keep the people from poverty and we try to invest in a critical area of the problem”. Peter Obi said.

Mr. Azuka who represented Onitsha-North 1 State Constituency in the 8th Anambra Legislature was gruesomely killed by his abductors, some of whom have already been apprehended by security operatives.

The lawmaker was abducted on December 24, 2024 at Ugwunabamkpa area of Onitsha, and amidst efforts to secure his release, his remains was found by security operatives on February 7, 2025 at Second Niger Bridge.