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The National Cordinator, Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontier (PDPNYF), Mr.Usman Okai Austin has said the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello was creating an unnecessary panic with the claim that the state had been invaded by the Boko Haram insurgents.
In a statement on Wednesday, the youths leader who lamented that criminal activities were on the increase in the state since the start of Governor Bello’s administration asked him to address the insecurity problems forthwith or resign as the governor of the state.
Austin said it was time Governor Bello rejigged his security apparatus, noting that “the excuse of the governor on the invasion of some members of Boko Haram sect was a blatant lie, diversionary and unsubstantiated as the real reasons behind the security problems is the refusal of the government to deploy funds where they were originally meant.”
He said: “Yesterday, the Governor who wasn’t properly briefed, made negative statements on Kogi state’s security situation that embarrassed the state. It is unfortunate that the governor who has lost controls of the state described his own state as ‘Safe Haven for Boko Haram’.
“I wondered what kogi governor has been doing with the security votes of the state inspite the huge allocation attracted to the state in the last one year and some months without commensurate actions.
“The prevalent kidnappings, armed robbery, wanton killings and other social vices in the state is highly unacceptable and will be resisted by rising against the present government to throw in the towel without further delay.”
He called on the federal government to urgently intervene in order to protect law abiding Kogi citizens, stressing that the current administration had failed the people particularly in the area of security.
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