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The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Kogi Chapter, on Saturday condemned attacks by herdsmen on Ogane-Nigu community in Dekina Local Government Area of the state.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mr Abdulkarim Haruna, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of NYCN in Kogi, Mr John Oladele-Nihi in Lokoja.
He said the council was appalled by the deadly attack carried out on the peaceful community by suspected Fulani herdsmen that led to loss of lives, who were mostly the youths.
According to Oladele-Nihi, the maim is one too many, and has become unacceptable to us.
He noted that in spite the identified benefits of the proposed Cattle Colony policy adopted by Kogi Government to reduce the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen, saying the council greatly frowned at criminal elements high jacking the opportunity to perpetuate their evil machinations on the peace loving people of Kogi.
“It is on this ground that we want to register our complete displeasure and total grievance over the act of these criminal elements.
“We call on the Army, the Police and all other security agencies to intervene promptly and remove these criminals from our midst; it is the priority of government to secure the lives and property of its citizens.
“The State Government should also do all it can, including empowering local vigilante groups across the state, who understands their terrain better to stop these marauding herdsmen, who harbours the potentials to rubbish all the huge investment made into security by this government.
“We state unequivocally that the killers must be apprehended and justice must have its way for the benefit of our defenceless citizens.
“We understand that tempers are high at the moment, it is justified.
But we call on the youths, especially those in the affected areas not to take laws into their hands by launching reprisals attacks.
“A reprisal attacks will only escalate the issue beyond what it already is,’’ Oladele-Nihi said.
The chairman expressed his sympathy with those, who lost their loved ones during the attack, calling on the security agencies to do the needful by rising up to the challenge and curb the menace.
It will be recalled that some suspected Fulani herdsmen launched serial attacks at night on the people of Ogane-nigu and Abejukolo communities of Dekina and Omala LGAs respectively, where over 25 persons allegedly lost their lives. (NAN)
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