REPS URGE FG TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY IN KOGI OVER KIDNAPPING, BANDITRY
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In response to the actions of bandits and kidnappers in the area, the House of Representatives has requested that the Federal Government strengthen security in the Yagba axis of Kogi State.
Leke Abejide (ADC-Kogi) adopted a motion of urgent public significance on Tuesday on the House floor, which was followed by the resolution, according to NAN.
The congressman, while presenting his motion, said that violent attacks and kidnappings had been happening in the neighborhood on a weekly basis.
He claimed that one of the two victims had died after they were kidnapped from the home of a well-known businessman and politician.
He said that the region had become an epicenter for kidnapping and banditry, with criminal activity occurring every day and the local population living in continual terror and hopelessness.
The House adopted the motion and encouraged the federal government to give the area its full attention and concentrated efforts.
The Chief of Defense Staff and the Inspector General of Police were encouraged by the House to locate and profile every person hiding out in the woodlands of the Yagba Federal Constituency.
It noted that lots of those living in that forest were non-Nigerians and must be identified for security purposes.
The House further urged the IGP to carry out a comprehensive mop-up of all arms, ammunition, AK-47s, cutlasses, and other weapons in the possession of herders and individuals within the constituency.
It stated that there was a need to prohibit the public from carrying such arms and weapons.
The House equally urged the IGP, Director General, DSS and Commandant General, NSCDC, to comb Yagba forests, secure the immediate release of victims and arrest the kidnappers.
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