…says it’s painful these bandits made Kabba their target
By Emman Ovuakporie
Apparently peeved by worsening security challenges in and around Kabba, Kabba-Bunu LGA in the past one week, lawmaker representing Kabba/Bunnu/Ijumu Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Hon Tajudeen Yusuf has called on security operatives to immediately act to save his constituents.
TheNewsGuru.com,(TNG) reports this development has led to the death, kidnap and dastardly attacks on persons, buildings, institutions, farmlands and a church.
Yusuf called for immediate actions by relevant security agencies, and result-driven strategies that will restore peace and order in the affected communities and their environs.
While commiserating with victims of these unfortunate and dastardly armed attacks on the people of Kabba-Bunu LGA, wondered why, ” these faceless armed bandits decided to unleash terror, brigandage, and pains on residents of these communities and the entire LGA, who are generally peaceful, law abiding, accommodating, while going about their normal daily activities.
“It is not only shocking but very painful that within days, the armed bandits turned Kabba-Bunu LGA to their target, unleashing sorrow, grief, pain and wailing on the people.
“First, it was the gestapo-style attack on the Kabba correctional prison where many inmates were forcefully released. Next was the abduction of three poultry workers in Egbeda; a community in Kabba. Shockingly, these armed bandits last Sunday, attacked worshippers at the ECWA Church in Okedayo, Kabba, leading to death, kidnapping and injuries to innocent people.”
According to media reports, at the end of the attack on the ECWA Church, Okedayo-Kabba, one person lost his life, two persons, including the pioneer Provost of College of Education (Technical), Kabba, Chief Oshadumo J.O.T, were kidnapped, while his wife, some students and other worshippers sustained gun shot wounds.
Yusuf explained that, “it is shocking that a group of people with evil minds and devilish attitudes will carry out such cruel, barbaric and animalistic actions on communities and people known for hard work, love, peace and unity.
“These heinous, senseless, and unimaginable attacks are not only outrightly callous, but also inhuman and clear demonstration of vicious wickedness at its zenith.
“Indeed, these spate of recent gruesome attacks on communities in Kabba-Bunu LGA, as well as other similar armed bandits operations in other communities in Kabba-Bunu Ijumu Federal Constituency, and the entire Okun Nation, should be serially condemned by everyone.
“As a result of their activities and operations, the peace loving people of Okun Nation now live in perpetual fear, anxiety and worries. Also, trading and economic activities have been badly, grossly affected. Given the agrarian nature of our communities, people can no longer go to their farms for fear of intimidation, attacks, maiming, kidnapping and killings by these armed bandits.”
“While acknowledging the efforts of the Police and other security agencies in tracking these armed bandits towards putting an end to their activities in communities within and around Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency, Hon. Teejay Yusuf charged, “security agencies to evolve more result-driven strategies to arrest the perpetrators of these crimes. Also, our security agencies should be more proactive and ingenious in terms of intelligence, information gathering and operations.
“Similarly, I call on the Federal Government and the State Government to intensify efforts and increase necessary support to security agencies in tackling and putting an end to the activities of armed bandits in our communities.”