Kogiflame
The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, has disclosed that the state government is set to make some shocking revelations regarding the insecurity rocking the state and the country at large.
He stated that the revelation would also highlight the efforts of Governor Usman Ododo in tackling insecurity.
Fanwo made the declaration on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme.
According to him, the government and security forces have made significant strides in tackling insecurity, and in the next 24 hours, an announcement that will shake Nigeria will be made.
“In the next 24 hours, a revelation that will shake this country will come. We are closing in, and I am very sure that within the next 24 hours, we are going to address the nation and they will see the great effort of His Excellency in ensuring security in Kogi State and Nigeria,” Fanwo said.
Reacting to the abductions in the state, including those in which the pastor and wife of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejigba, Yaba West Local Government Area of the state were kidnapped, as well as abductions from the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, the Commissioner assured that the government was working round the clock to secure the release of those abducted.
He noted that Kogi shares boundaries with 10 states, including the Federal Capital Territory, adding that intensified security operations in neighbouring Niger and Kwara states had pushed criminal elements towards Kogi and the government is responding accordingly.
“However, we are cutting their operations, cutting off their logistics and movement around the state. It has been very difficult for them.
“If not for the robust security architecture, Kogi would have been in a mess by now, but it is still very much under control,” he added.
He said some planned attacks by criminals, bandits and terrorists have been averted before they occurred, and security agencies, including the army, police, and the Department of State Services, were currently trailing the suspects in forested areas, stressing that Kogi State was not a safe haven for criminal activity.
“We have been able to avert a lot of these incidents in several local government areas. I will not mention the locations for security reasons. But for every incident that occurred, we have averted about 30,” he said.
