Lokoja – Barely four days to the presidential and national assembly elections,terrorists have bombed Okehi Local Government headquarters in Kogi State.
The terrorists invaded the local government headquarters few minutes to midnight of February 20 and blew off the administrative offices of the local government with the aid of explosives.
Spokesman of the state police command , SP William Ovye Aya, confirmed the incident.
According to him, the command has commenced investigations to unravel the cause of the attack.
Meanwhile, Kogi State government has called for aming residents over the incident, promising to fish out the perpetrators.
Government made the call Tuesday in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for information and communication, Kingsley Fanwo.
Fanwo also promised that government will fish out the perpetrators and make them to face justice for their action.
Full text of the statement ;
OKEHI ATTACK: WE CALL FOR CALM, MASTERMINDS WILL BE FISHED OUT
1. The Kogi State Government condemns in the strongest of terms, the attack in Okehi Local Government Area that affected a section of the Okehi Local Government Secretariat Complex. It is an act of cowardice that will continue to fail in the attempt by enemies of the people to compromise the peace and security we enjoy in Kogi State.
2. We wish to call on residents of Okehi Local Government Area and indeed the entire Kogi Central Senatorial District to remain calm as Government is on top of the situation and further measures have been immediately deployed to keep them safe before, during and after the elections. This is our responsibility to all Kogites irrespective of their political affiliations. Those behind this will be fished out and severely dealt with to serve as a deterrent to others in their league.
3. Preliminary findings have shown that no casualty was recorded as a result of the proactive measures anchored on our iron-cast security architecture. Security agencies have been charged to unravel the masterminds of the attack and we assure our people that those behind such a dastardly act will not be spared from justice.
4. 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.
5. 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,” the statement explained. (vitalnewsngr.com)
