Crime
Kogi becoming lawless under Yahaya Bello – HURIWA
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has said the Kogi state is fast becoming a lawless state due to bad leadership in the state.
HURIWA stated this while condemning the killing of two Christians at a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) at the Falele area of Lokoja the Kogi State capital.
The Rights group regretted that Kogi State is becoming a hotbed of terrorists’ actions targeting Christians because the state government has done nothing significant to deal decisively with such dastardly criminal acts of terrorism targeting a significant percentage of her citizens who are Christians.
HURIWA in a statement by the national Coordinator Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko recalled that since last year, Kogi has witnessed a spate of violent attacks perpetrated by gunmen on religious institutions, police stations and other public places.
HURIWA which expressed sadness at the terror attack also condemned the recent coordinated arson attack targeting the complex of the Kogi State House of Assembly, urging the Kogi State governor Mr. Yahaya Bello to do less of meaningless gallivanting, unprofitable politics and engaging in unproductive fisticuffs literally with the World’s richest black investor Alhaji Aliko Dangote over ownership of Obajana Cement Plant.
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“We urge Yahaya Bello, a very young politician to concentrate on governance and forget about unnecessary politics and weaving of unproductive political plots with zero utilitarian value to the good people of Kogi State. Kogi must never be allowed to become the transit camps of vampire terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria OR ISLAMIC STATE’S WEST AFRICAN PROVIJCE ISWAP”.
Condemning the spate of attacks on Churches in Kogi State masterminded by suspected armed ISWAP terrorists, HURIWA asked the Kogi State government to put measures in place to stamp out the emerging attacks of Christian places of worship.
In August 2021, three members of the Living Faith Church Worldwide located in the Osara community, Adavi LGA were kidnapped by gunmen inside the church premises.
In September 2021, gunmen killed a member of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) and abducted two others during an attack on the church located along Kabba-Okene road.
The Rights group blamed poor governance standards on the part of the Kogi State government for the unprecedented rise in systematic terror attacks on Christians. “We call on the Kogi State governor to stop playing with the crucial issue of security and settle down to the arduous task of delivering his most primary duty to the good people of Kogi State which is to protect the lives and property of the citizens.