Olu Samuel, Lokoja
The Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has vowed not to allow politicians drive the state back towards the era of crimes and criminalities.
The governor was speaking on Monday while playing host to the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba who visited him in his Lugard house office, Lokoja.
“We are in possession of credible intelligent reports that some political elements are out to forment trouble during and after the general election,, this administrations would not allow insecurity to be smuggled into Kogi through the “boot of politics”.
While appreciating and commending men of the Kogi State Police Command as well as those of the various security agencies operating in the state, Governor Bello said, “They stand by day and by night to secure our lives and properties. We recognize their sacrifice and dedication and we do owe them a weight of gratitude for their service. Together they form a formidable wall of defence for my people and state.”
Earlier,the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has described Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello as a dogged crime fighter who had made the state unsafe for criminals to thrive.
Alkali Baba said the Kogi Governor was one governor that would never raise the alarm of not being in control of security in his state, adding that from what he had observed, the governor “leads from the front”.
The IGP, said that he was happy that Governor Bello was playing the role of the “real Chief Executive Officer” in terms of security, noting that he is “a dependable ally in the battle against national insecurity.”
“I’ve never heard him crying that he doesn’t have control of security in his state. That is because he is able to synergize and cooperate with all the security agencies as well as lead from the front. Security is everybody’s business. When you have a leader who is leading from the front, others will follow. That is what is happening in Kogi.
“Many of the crimes being committed by sons and daughters of Kogi are not even being committed in Kogi but outside Kogi because they have no place in Kogi State again.
“We have people like His Excellency who are supporting our cause. My sincere gratitude to him for being proactive about security. I can’t remember how many times he has visited the force headquarters, not for himself because he has no reason to; but in his efforts to protect his people. I don’t know how many governors do this.”