Olu Samuel

The Senator Representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Sunday Karimi has appealed to the youths and residents to remain calm and vigilant as government tackles incidents of banditry, kidnapping and other crimes in the state.

The Senator state this while reacting to to double incidents of police killing in Egbe community in Yagba West local government area leading to a protest by the youths who took to the street on Wednesday in Egbe to protest the rising waves of crimes and criminalities in the community.

While sympathysing with the people ,Karimi appealed to the protesting youths to remain calm, pointing out government at all levels were working tirelessly to address the problems.

“We who are their representatives as well as the Government are equally not happy. We are working collectively and round the clock towards ensuring that cases of insecurity are nipped in the bud”.

“The State Government and Security Agencies are making serious effort to curtail issues of insecurity. I therefore use this medium to sympathize with those who lost their lives and those of their loved ones in the attacks, particularly their immediate families”, insisting that “the People’s problem are problems”.

” The State Government is making frantic and sincere efforts in ensuring that criminal elements involved in the insecurity in the State are arrested and brought to book”.

“My office has been inaundated with reported cases of killings on the out sketch of Egbe Okoleke Isanlu Esa, Pategi road where three policemen were ambushed and killed”.

“There was also another reported case, this evening that the Vigilantee Operations Post along Egbe Eruku road, a boundary town between Kogi and Kwara State was attacked with the killing of two Vigilantee officers”.

“There was also a reported case of Kidnapping along Obajana Lokoja road, where a 18 seater bus was attacked with people kidnapped”.

“It is unfortunate that States all over the Federation are witnessing some level of insecurity, thus making them to be over stretched. What is happening is not peculiar to Kogi State alone.

The Government is doing it best. I call calm and for support that will enable Government and security agencies flush out criminals in the State”, Sen. Karimi said.

He expressed his appreciation to the Kogi State Government and all the Security Agencies in the State for their dogged determination at ensuring the safety of lives and properties in the last few months across the State.

The Senator assured of the efforts of the the State and Federal Government as well as the security agencies in flushing out criminals from Kogi State.

He commended the Government for the irrevocable commitment it has shown in curtailing the activities of criminals in the State, said very soon with the ongoing efforts, the pockets of insecurity will be a thing of the past.

Senator Karim noted that the proactiveness and action by the State Government in it efforts to make the people of the State sleep with their two eyes closed deserves commendation, particularly pointed out that such efforts is resources consuming.