The speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon Momoh-Jimoh Lawal, on Friday allegedly led a team of mobile policemen, state security service and army personnel in search of his two sons kidnapped on April 15, 2014.
According to report made available to LEADERSHIP, the security operatives first broke into Alhaji Yahaya Audu Okumo’s house located at Nagazi quarters of Ogaminana before ransacking Alhaji Musa Audu’s residence situated in the same quarters.
The speaker’s personal house is also located in the same quarters.
While Okumo is Alhaji Musa’s son, both Okumo and the speaker contested the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that saw the emergence of the latter.
The security operatives broke into the house without any warrant of search, or prior notice to Okumo, who has been away in Dubai for medical check-up.
Alhaji Musa’s two-storey building’s doors were also forced open by security operatives in search of the kidnapped children who were kidnapped at Okengwe, about 10kilometres away from Nagazi quarters.
When contacted, the speaker, Hon Momoh-Jimoh Lawal, said the allegation that he broke into Alhaji Yahaya Audu Okumo and Musa Okumo’s houses in search of his kidnapped sons was false and unfounded.
Hon. Lawal said it a suspected who was arrested in connection of the kidnapping that led a team of security operatives to their houses.
“Am I mad that I would break into someone’s house in search of my children? It is the security operatives that have been on the trail of the kidnappers. So the allegation that I broke in somebody’s is unfounded,” the speaker said.
