By Richard Elesho
Kogi State Government has confirmed and condemned, an explosion which affected a section of the Okehi Local Government Secretariat Complex on Monday night.
The Government said security agencies have been charged to unravel the masterminds of the attack.
Preliminary findings showed that no casualty was recorded in the blast.
Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Kingsley Fanwo, in a statement on Tuesday said Government was on top of the situation and had immediately put in place further measures to keep the people safe before, during and after the elections.
“This is our responsibility to all Kogites irrespective of their political affiliations. Those behind this would be fished out and severely dealt with to serve as a deterrent to others in their league,” the state government said.
Fanwo called on residents of Okehi Local Government Area and indeed the entire Kogi Central Senatorial District to remain calm, while urging parents to properly guide their wards against being used as political thugs in the forthcoming elections.
“Government will be unsparingly decisive in dealing with issues of political thuggery before, during and after the elections,” he stressed.
“Preliminary findings have shown that no casualty was recorded as a result of the proactive measures anchored on our iron-cast security architecture. Security agencies have been charged to unravel the masterminds of the attack and we assure our people that those behind such a dastardly act will not be spared from justice.
“We call on parents to properly guide their wards against being used as political thugs in the forthcoming elections as Government will be unsparingly decisive in dealing with issues of political thuggery before, during and after the elections.”
The News reports that an explosive device, suspected to be a bomb was detonated in Okehi on Monday night. The blast caused jitters among residents of the Local Government.
It would also be recalled that an explosive also occured in Okene, in the same Senatorial district about two months, when President Muhammodu Buhari visited the state commission projects.
