Olu Samuel
The Senator representing Kogi west Senatorial district, Sunday Steve Karimi his vowed to invoke the spirit of Ancestors to wtel the tide of attack and killings in his constituency.
Karimi stated this in a statement in the killing of two persons in the early hours of Saturday in Odi-Ape community in Kogi west Senatorial district.
The Senator who condemned the gruesome attacks said that this would be the last of such attacks on the community.
The Senator condemned in strong terms the attacks saying, “the killings of my people must stop”.
“The murder of two innocent citizens of Odo Ape by Criminals masquerading as Herdsmen taking refuge in some forests of Kogi West is noted and we will do all that is physically and spiritually possible to get the criminals out of Kogi West forest.”
He says he will stop at “nothing security wise, even if it requires invoking the spirits of our forefathers”, to bring to an end the attack on his people.
Sen. Karimi assured that he is already interfacing with the relevant security authorities, working with the State and Federal Governments, to ensure that the recent attack is the last on any community in the Senatorial District.
Sen. Karimi appealed to the youths of the community not to take laws into their hands adding that the Local, State and Federal Government is resolved to intervene on the security situation in the area with measures that would make it the last on any community in Kogi West.