A former governorship candidate, Otunba Olayinka Braimoh, has berated Kogi state government seeming lethargic approach to curbing growing spate of bandit attacks in the state.
Reacting to killing of Williams Onimayin and Olowo Memonbiayere in Olle-Bunu, Kabba-Bunu local government yesterday, Braimoh said their deaths, like so many before, didn’t have to happen.
The Olle-Bunu incident happened few days after the last bandit attack in Ayetoro-Kiri, within same area.
Olayinka Braimoh, a son of the soil, slammed the Kogi state government for staying quiet and doing nothing while insecurity and bandit attacks keep rising.
He said these latest killings could have been stopped if the government had acted fast after the Ayetoro-Kiri attack.
“Instead, they chose to ignore the danger, leaving communities wide open while criminals do whatever they want.
“Let’s be honest, these tragedies keep happening for one reason: the government keeps failing at the one job that counts—protecting its people.
“How many more have to die before the state government pays attention?,” Braimoh asked.
He called the repeated attacks a tragic sign of neglect, failed leadership, and communities left to fend for themselves. In his view, any government that won’t protect its people doesn’t deserve to lead.
Braimoh put the blame squarely on state authorities, accusing them of pretending to care about security while rural areas like Bunu suffer the worst of the violence and loss. He said the lack of real security plans is nothing short of a betrayal.
He called for a total security overhaul.
“Send in real security forces, invest in local intelligence, get community leaders involved, and actually show where the security money goes. People deserve to know what’s being done—and what isn’t,” he said.
Braimoh also offered condolences to the families of the deceased and everyone in Olle cummunity, but he urged them not to keep quiet.
“People deserve safety, dignity, and leaders who act—not leaders who just watch while lives are lost,” he said.
