Kogi to treat youth aiding, abetting bandits as terrorists

The Kogi State Government has deployed machinery against youth aiding and abetting bandits to cause mayhem on innocent citizens, labeling them as terrorists . The State Security Adviser to Kogi State Governor, Jerry Omadara disclosed this on Tuesday at the palace of Elegbe of Egbe , Oba Ayodele Irukera while giving progress report and the […]

The Kogi State Government has deployed machinery against youth aiding and abetting bandits to cause mayhem on innocent citizens, labeling them as terrorists .

The State Security Adviser to Kogi State Governor, Jerry Omadara disclosed this on Tuesday at the palace of Elegbe of Egbe , Oba Ayodele Irukera while giving progress report and the effort of the state government on the fight against insecurity in Kogi West.

He said intelligence information at their disposal indicated that some youth in Okun land used motorcycles to convey weapons and food stuff to the bandits in the forest.

According to him, about seven Okun youth are already in his black book ,and being monitored for being in the payrolls of the bandits,

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“Since some of the youth have connection with bandits, government will not hesitate to treat them like bandits, henceforth.

“Regrettable, the bandits are now operating with the indigenes of Okunland . The bandits have gotten our women selling soft drink, bread and other food items. The women supplied them food items and giving them vital information.

“There are people in Yagba West who paid the bandits money so that they don’t kidnapped them. We will exposed such people at the appropriate time because enough is enough.

“Our youth are already involved, they used their motorcycles to supply them with weapons and ammunition in the bush.

“Imagine, Okun women becoming girl friends to bandits. Again our Okun people are becoming too lazy to an extent that , it is the herders that farm okro, pepper, maize for us and this is an aberration

“The women of these bandits brought ammunition from far north and give our youth peanuts to convey the ammunition to their men in the bush of Okun land which they used in terrorizing our people”, he said .

He added further that the State Government is not sleeping over the insurgents in Okun land; stressing that many of them have been arrested and killed, including their leaders .

Omodara said : “We will continue to go after bandits who did not allow us to sleep or go to farms.

“We will make our communities safe , make the state safe for our farmers to go to farm. We will continue to follow the bandits until we finish killing all of them so that our people can sleep with their two eyes closed.

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