Kogi State House of Assembly has summoned the state Commissioner of Police and Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, over increasing cases of armed robbery and burglaries of residential houses in the state.
The state Assembly has also called on the management of Dangote Cement, Obajana to adequately compensate victims of road accidents allegedly caused by its trucks on the highways.
The resolution on compensation for accident victims followed the adoption of motions on matters of urgent public importance raised by the member representing Lokoja 1, Suleiman Babadoko, during yesterday’s plenary.
Babadoko said: “Apart from armed robbers invading private residences to rob people of their cars and other property, burglars in Ganaja and other areas of Lokoja have now resorted to invading premises of civil servants to burgle and steal their property during office hours.
“In some instances, housewives and their daughters were raped or molested in addition to losing their valuables to the robbers. The situation calls for intervention of the House for security of lives and property.”
Seconding the motion, Majority Leader, Alhaji Yakubu Yinusa, described the security situation as precarious and urged all members to condemn the situation with vehemence.
Speaker of the House, Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh Lawal said there was no need to over flog the issue as it was a well-known fact and ordered that the two security chiefs be summoned to appear before the House.
