Terrorists bomb administrative block of Okehi LGA office in Kogi
An unidentified group of terrorists have bombed the administrative office of the Okehi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi state.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William while confirming the incident to journalists on Tuesday in Lokoja, the state capital revealed that gunmen stormed the Secretariat around 5 pm and planted the explosion that ripped through the administrative block of the Secretariat adding that officers have been deployed to the area to ascertain the extent of the damages.
Meanwhile, the state security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omadara, said that the incident have been traced to saboteurs who wanted to cause panic during the election to prevent people from coming out to vote.
He said that adequate security personnel have been deployed to the area while normalcy has been restored to the area.
The Kogi State Government has condemned the explosion while stating that there was no recorded casualty as a result of the proactive measures anchored on the state’s iron-cast security architecture.
According to the state government, the security agencies have been charged to unravel the masterminds of the attack.
The Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Kingsley Fanwo, in a statement on Tuesday, said the government was on top of the situation and had immediately put in place further measures to keep the people safe before, during and after the elections.
“This is our responsibility to all Kogites irrespective of their political affiliations. Those behind this would be fished out and severely dealt with to serve as a deterrent to others in their league,” Fanwo said.
He called on residents of Okehi Local Government Area and indeed the entire Kogi Central Senatorial District to remain calm while urging parents to properly guide their children against being used as political thugs in the forthcoming elections.
“We call on parents to properly guide their wards against being used as political thugs in the forthcoming elections as Government will be unsparingly decisive in dealing with issues of political thuggery before, during and after the elections.
“We urge the people of Okehi and the entire Kogi Central to go about their normal businesses as Government has put machineries in place to guarantee their security. Kogi will continue to be the safest state in Nigeria.”
“Government will be unsparingly decisive in dealing with issues of political thuggery before, during and after the elections,” he stressed.
This comes barely two months after an explosion occurred on Thursday, December 29, 2022 few meters to the old palace of the Ohinoyi of Igbiraland in Karaworo District, Adavi Local Government Area, which claimed the lives of four people, few hours before the arrival of president Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state.
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