From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja
The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sunday Karimi, has vowed to go spiritual if that will be the solution to the constant attacks and incessant killings of the people in his constituency.
Karimi gave the assurance while condemning the gruesome attacks on the Odo Ape community by unknown gunmen and assured that this would be the last such attack on the community.
The senator condemned the attacks in strong terms, saying, “The killings of my people must stop.”
Sen. Karimi, who was reacting to the recent murder of two innocent citizens of Odo Ape by criminals masquerading as herdsmen, who he claimed are taking refuge in some forests of Kogi West, promised to do all that is physically and spiritually possible to remove the criminals from Kogi West forests.
He said he would stop at “everything that is needed security-wise, even if it requires invoking the spirits of our forefathers”, to bring an end to the attacks on his people.
Sen. Karimi assured that he is already interfacing with the relevant security authorities and working with the state and federal governments to ensure that the recent attack is the last on any community in the senatorial district.
Sen. Karimi appealed to the youths of the community not to take the law into their hands, adding that the local, state, and federal governments are resolved to intervene in the security situation in the area with measures that would make this the last such attack on any community in Kogi West.