Amid the incessant assaults in Kogi, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP/Kogi Central) has referred to as for improved safety within the state to make sure peace and safety, urging the federal authorities to zoom its searchlight on the Confluence state.
Senator Natasha in an announcement issued on Friday by way of her Chief Press Secretary, Arogbonlo Israel, stated the decision adopted a current assault in Idah, Kogi East, the place a 75-year-old girl, Mallama Meimunat Opaluwa-Sani, alongside her granddaughter have been set ablaze by unknown assailants, resulting in the demise of the septuagenarian.
“Final week, twenty-one travellers have been kidnapped alongside the Ajaokuta-Itobe highway all because of safety operatives who reportedly rescued all of the victims.
“Additionally, a preferred Juju artiste, Omoba De Jumbo Beats, and his band members, final month, have been kidnapped in Kogi and later launched after members of the family and well-wishers rallied spherical to pay for his or her ransom.
“In November 2023, a member of the Nationwide Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Imaobong Samuel, alongside 11 passengers was additionally kidnapped on her technique to Kogi Orientation camp with others on board the Akwa Ibom Transport Firm (AKTC) bus.”
Senator Natasha, nonetheless, urged the federal government to make sure the safety of all residents always whereas calling for the deployment of know-how to enhance the extent of safety within the State and the nation at massive.
She believes the problem at stake requires collaborative effort to surmount, including that there wouldn’t be growth with out peace and safety.
She additional recognized poverty and poor governance as main contributors to the spate of insecurity within the State, urging governments throughout all ranges to handle this dysfunctional management.