Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State has commiserated with the people of Ogbe Community of Yagba West Local Government Area of the state over the gruesome murder of two young men in the community.
Ododo stated that the government will do everything possible to bring the perpetrators to book and guarantee security in the area.
The Governor disclosed this on Sunday through the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo at Ogbe, stressing that the government would go all out against criminal elements in the state.
He also assured the people of Ogbe while addressing them that the state has all the forces required to tame criminalities and defeat terror.
The governor told the people of the community to demonstrate confidence in the commitment of his administration to stamp out insecurity, urging them not to take the law into their hands by launching reprisal attacks.
He assured them that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the armed forces and security agencies, is giving the state the necessary support to launch a holistic offensive on the agents of criminality, assuring the people that Kogi would remain one of the safest states in Nigeria.
Responding on behalf of the community, the former Councilor of Ogbe Ward, Hon. Adeleke John thanked the Governor for promptly responding to the community in her darkest hour.
In his words, “We want to thank the Governor for promptly coming to our aid and for identifying with us in this dark hour. It shows we have a Governor who is responsive and responsible.
“We won’t embark on a reprisal attack because we’re not hopeless. We have confidence in the government to protect us”, he said.
On the entourage are the State Commissioner for Information and Communications; the Transition Chairman of Yagba West Local Government Area, Hon. Tosin Olokun and a former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Philip Orebiyi.
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