An unspecified number of people have been reportedly killed and hundreds of houses burnt when gunmen in the early hours of Sunday attacked Aloko, a community in Oganenigu Ward of Dekina Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State
Reports has it that the gunmen who came in their hundreds started shooting sporadically and also setting houses ablaze on arrival.
The Oganenigu Ward Chairman of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), James Adah, was among that we’re kidnapped during the attack.
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“There’s a humanitarian crisis on our hands. Most of our people have run to Iyale, Ikpakpala, Odolu, and a host of others to take refuge, while others that have no place to go are stranded on the Abejukollo-Anyigba Road,” a resident of the community, Richard Adejo, says
The State Governor Yahaya Bello has issued a Statement, where he called for calm over the attacks.
He said, “the vile and satanic attack as a calculated assault on the peace-loving people of Oganenigu who have enjoyed relative peace and security for years.
“My administration will continue to face out crisis entrepreneurs from the state and ensure that those involved shall be brought to book under the laws. The government will never bow to the machinations of heartless elements in its resolves to rid the state of criminals,” he said
However, the state police command as at the time of filling this report is yet to react to the development.
