Paraded suspects involved in kidnapping activities in Kogi State
Kogi State Government has arrested 16 alleged kidnappers and eight informants in a two-week clean-up operation in Bunu Forest, Kogi West Local Government of Area of the state..
The State Security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara (rtd), disclosed this while parading the suspects to newsmen.
Omodara said, “It is not only the kidnappers group in the forest that have been arrested, but also the natives that are collaborating with them. They serve as their logistics suppliers to the bandits and kidnappers in the bush.”
The security adviser assured that the government would not take the issue of security lightly and would continue to work with security agencies to bring perpetrators to book.
“We are not going to allow it, we will be after them because Kogi is not any other state that criminals, bandits, and kidnappers will want to ride on and occupy,” he said.
The Deputy Commandant of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kogi West, Mr. Jeremiah Danjuma, attributed the success in combating kidnapping and banditry to the collaborative efforts of the state and Federal Government.
The traditional ruler of Aiyegunle-Igun Bunu Community, Oba Sunday Omodamori, commended the government and security agencies for their efforts in tackling insecurity in the area, urging communities to look inward and address the issue of collaborators among their people.
