Officers of the
State Vigilante Group were said to have killed 11 of the rampaging bandits and
arrested others.
Three kidnapped
victims were also said to have been rescued successfully, even as security
agents confirm that they are closing in on Kabba Kidnap Suspects.
Security
operatives acting on intelligence were said to have nabbed an officer of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Inspector Abdullahi Saidu, who,
alongside a friend, reportedly supplies the criminals with weapons and
information to undertake their heinous crimes.
The successful
operation by the security operatives was carried out in series working with
credible intelligence.
A source within
the Kogi State Vigilante Service said,”Alaidi is their ring leader. He was
killed during the first camp attack. Rabo and seven others were crushed. Madei
and one other were killed in the second kidnappers' camp while Umar escaped
with gunshot injuries but was recaptured."
It was also
confirmed that five of the kidnappers arrested, including the civil defense operative
were in the custody of the Department of State Security for further
investigations.
Reacting, the
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Muhammed Onogwu, noted that such
security success by the operatives was a welcome development and a proof that
the security architecture of Kogi State was strong and solid enough to quash
all forms of criminal vices.
He opined that
the Local Vigilantes across the state had continued to record good results
because of the morale boost and support the Governor had continued to give as
well as the cooperation from the citizens and synergy between the security
operatives.
Onogwu noted
that the continued efforts of the Kogi State Government to keep the momentum as
the safest state in the country were so far yielding remarkable results, noting
that the Governor had severally made a commitment to securing the lives and
property of the citizens and make the state a no go zone for criminal elements.
He reiterated
that Governments at all levels would continue to make efforts towards
sustaining the drive for a peaceful Kogi state by making every nook and cranny
of the state unsafe for criminal elements and their sponsors.
In the same
vein, security agencies are on the trail of kidnappers who were reported to
have carried out attack on certain individuals in Kabba.
The State
Government said it was in touch with security agencies and that the Governor
already gave a marching order that those kidnapped must be rescued and the
perpetrators apprehended.
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