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By Olatunde Odimayo
Unknown gunmen have abducted four local government workers along Kabba-Obajana road in their way to Lokoja, the Kogi state capital for the appeal committee’s screening.
The kidnap incidents occurred yesterday, Tuesday and another case recorded today, Wednesday.
The victims are; the HOD works, Mr Olu Abraham, Fehintola Osho and Balogun Blessing, who were all workers of Mopa-Amuro local government areas of the state.
Moving the motion on the floor of the house, Wednesday, the member representing Mopa-Amuro constituency, Honourable Obaro Sunday Pedro, observed that the problems of insecurity in the state has continued to escalate at alarming rate despite the huge investment by the present government in the sector.
Obaro also observed the bad nature of Obajana-Kabba road, stressing that it has now become a hideout for the kidnappers since they can easily escape from the security agents the moment they commit such crime, due to the terrain of the road.
According to him, “just yesterday in broad day light, the HOD works of Mopa-Amuro local government area, while on her way to lokoja to collect her statement of account from Access Bank over the ongoing screening exercise, fell into the hand of kidnappers and her destination is presently unknown”.
“This morning, around 9:45am along the same Kabba-Obajana road, I was informed that three staff members of Mopa-Amuro local government area were kidnapped. The driver and my personal assistant, who were eye witnesses, narrowly escaped”, he added.
Condemning this development, members in their contributions agreed that the state government should deploy sufficient security personnel along Obajana-Kabba road and also ensure a 24 hours patrol along other roads within the state especially this period of screening exercise.
The House also directed the House Committee on security and judiciary to liaise with the Kogi state Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Chafe, to work out proactive measures to tackle the insecurity in the state.
Recall that lecturers and other employees of the Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa, who were recently declared ‘ghost workers’ by the Staff Audit Committee of the state government were dispossessed of their original certificates by armed men.
The lecturers were on their way to Lokoja to appeal their sack with the 32-member Staff Screening Complaints/Appeal Committee set up by the state government to entertain complaints arising from the staff audit when they were waylaid by armed men in Ankpa Local Council, Ojogobi.
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