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| Yahaya Bello. |
Kogi
State Governor, Yahaya Bello has warned criminal elements within and outside
the State to stay off crime and embrace
meaningful endeavours.
The
governor gave the warning in Okene on 6 July during the parade of some alleged
assassins and kidnappers by the Nigerian Police Force, Kogi State
Command.
The
governor advised the people in the area and Nigeria at large to embrace
meaningful and diligent businesses instead of taking to crime.
He
said his government will spend the last kobo to guarantee safety of life and
property of all citizens and residents of the state. While commending the
security agencies in the state for their effort in maintaining law and
order,Bello enjoined the people of Kogi and ebiraland in particular that his
government was ready to smoke out the criminal elements in the society, noting
that those who involve themselves in criminal acts can only run but can’t
hide.
Suspected
criminals paraded were killers of one of the Governor’s aide late Yusuf
Adabenege Onivehu who was the custodian of Sementi and the attackers of the
Governor’s domestic aide, Kabiru Onyene including two kidnapping suspects who
confessed to the kidnapping of the manager of a micro finance bank in
Okene.
assassins
paraded by the police were Yusuf Abdulmumeen, age 32, Abona Jafar, 26, Yusuf
Tijani, 29 And Yusuf Abdulkarim, 25 while Yusuf Kebiru, 28 And Yusuf Lawal 35
were the suspected kidnappers.
While
parading the suspects Earlier, the Commissioner Of Police, Kogi State Command,
Hakim Busari said the combined team of security agencies in the state made the
arrest of the criminals noting that the security network in the state was
sophisticated enough to locate criminals in any of their hideouts. He said
those involved in the crime shall face prosecution.
The
suspects Confessed to various crimes they have carried out in Kogi, Edo and
Osun states.
Three
of the alleged criminals were arrested in Auchi, Edo State while the arrest of
others were made in Okene and Ogaminana
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