INSECURITY: Vigilante killed In shootout with kidnappers in Kogi
Awwal Mohammed, a 26-year-old member of a vigilante group in the Koton-Karfe Local Government Council of Kogi state has been shot dead in a shootout with kidnappers near the Agbudu community.
Awwal Mohammed, a 26-year-old member of a vigilante group in the Koton-Karfe Local Government Council of Kogi state has been shot dead in a shootout with kidnappers near the Agbudu community.
A member who preferred anonymity confirmed the incident, saying it happened on Tuesday night after vigilante members mobilized into the forest near the Agbudu community to dislodged the kidnappers from their camp.
He added that it was on arrival at the community near the kidnapper’s camp when the vigilante members decided to take positions and engage the kidnappers in the shoot-out.
However, we further learned that the remains of the vigilante, who was a native of neighboring Tanahu village has been buried according to Islamic rites.
Newmen lamented that the spokesman of the Kogi state police command ASP Williams Ovye Aya was yet to pick calls or reply to text messages to confirm the incident.
Conversely, in another news, the governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed has sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Sabiu Baba, his Chief of Staff (COS), Ladan Salihu, and all Special Advisers with the exception of Special Advisers on Security and National, State Assembly Liaison, Social Investment, and Media and Publicity.
The governor directed all commissioners to hand over the affairs of their Ministries to their respective Permanent Secretaries, while the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the Chief of Staff (COS) Government House and other affected Special Advisers are to handover to the most senior Permanent Secretary in the Government House who is equally directed to take inventory of government property.
