The attackers were herders, according to authorities.
As gunmen raided towns in Kogi State’s Dekina Local Government Area (LGA) on Sunday, scores of deaths are suspected to have occurred.
The attackers were herders, according to authorities.
Hundreds of homes were reportedly set afire when the attackers invaded the towns early in the morning, according to sources.
One of those slain in the incident was James Adah, the chairman of the Oganenigu Ward and a top figure in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Despite the fact that it is yet unknown why the towns were invaded, it is said that many inhabitants left them after the attack.
Although the state’s police command has not yet made an official statement, the administration has started responding to the troubling development.
Governor Yahaya Bello appealed for calm over the attacks in a statement on Monday, calling it “a deliberate assault on the peace-loving people of Oganenigu who have enjoyed relative peace and security for years.”
Governor Bello stated that his government will keep up the fight against crisis entrepreneurs from the state and make sure that anybody responsible would be held accountable under the law.
The Kogi State Governor reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to employing resources to track down criminals and hold them accountable for their crimes.
The unexpected development, according to Governor Bello, was shocking. He also vowed that his administration would use all of the resources at its disposal to track down the criminal actors and make them pay. Governor Bello also vowed that the government would never yield to the schemes of heartless individuals in its efforts to purge the state of criminals.
He expressed sympathy to the residents of Oganenigu, in especially the family of the murdered Oganenigu APC ward chairman, Hon. James Adah, and those who had been harmed by this heinous and regrettable crime, and he pleaded with them to maintain their composure.
Yet the governor cautioned the populace against enforcing laws themselves because security forces had been quickly mobilised and sent to difficult regions to bring about normalcy.
