{"id":915627,"date":"2026-06-26T19:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/yobe-attack-peter-obi-condoles-with-military-police-over-fallen-officers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:12:01","slug":"yobe-attack-peter-obi-condoles-with-military-police-over-fallen-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/yobe-attack-peter-obi-condoles-with-military-police-over-fallen-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Yobe Attack: Peter Obi Condoles With Military, Police Over Fallen Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Anambra State Governor,<strong> Peter Obi,<\/strong> has condoled with the Nigerian military and the police over the killing of security personnel during a recent attack in Yobe State.<\/p>\n<p>Obi\u2019s condolence message was contained in a statement posted on his official social media page.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the former governor mourned the death of 17 police officers and an unspecified number of soldiers reportedly killed during an attack on a military school in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Obi described the incident as a national tragedy, saying the killing of security operatives continued to leave families and communities in pain.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201c<em>Every security personnel killed is a tragedy to our nation. Every fallen officer represents a family thrown into grief.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The former governor said the sacrifices of security personnel must not be treated lightly, especially when they lose their lives in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p>Obi called on the Federal Government to provide compensation, support and long-term welfare for the families of the slain officers.<\/p>\n<p>He said the country owed fallen security personnel and their families a duty of care, given the risks they take to protect lives and maintain peace.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor also called for urgent steps to address insecurity across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He urged authorities to confront the situation with sincerity, professionalism and political will.<\/p>\n<p>Obi added, \u201c<em>To the families of the fallen heroes, I offer my deepest and most heartfelt sympathies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/2026\/05\/17\/yobe-attack-peter-obi-condoles-military-police\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has condoled with the Nigerian military and the police over the killing of security personnel during a recent attack in Yobe State. Obi\u2019s condolence message was contained in a statement posted on his official social media page. According to the statement, the former governor mourned the death of 17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":915628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[313,1863],"tags":[5508,12146],"class_list":["post-915627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-attack","category-peter","tag-attack","tag-peter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}