In a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, in Lokoja on Friday, the governor said the security agencies should swing into action and ensure that those who carried out the dastardly act face the law.
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The gunmen also burnt several buildings, including the palace of the king of the community.
Late Aduku, the World War II veteran, who hailed from Abejukolo- Ife in Omala Local Government Area of the state, died on Tuesday.
Governor Yahaya Bello expressed the appreciation on behalf of the family in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Onogwu Muhammed on Saturday.
Both the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress made the call in a joint statement issued in Lokoja on Friday.
Labour gave the task in a statement by the state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Onuh Edoka, and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Ranti Ojo, on Friday in Lokoja.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists Kogi State council has commiserated with the Governor Yahaya Bello over the death of his elder sister, Hajia Rabiat Bello.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday night lost his elder sister, Hajia Rabiat Bello, following a protracted illness.
An Agro-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Stocks and Minas Agricultural Advocacy Network Africa, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria on Saturday inaugurated a 10,000 hectares oil-palm plantation in Kogi State.
The charred remains of Salome Abuh, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Woman Leader, who was burnt alive at Ochadamu, Kogi State on November 18 have been committed to mother earth.
Dr Hussaini Abdu, Chair, Watching The Vote Working Group and Samson Itodo Executive Director, YIAGA AFRICA, who co-signed a statement on the Kogi re-run senatorial election said the call was imperative to salvage Nigeria’s democracy.
The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed issued in Lokoja, described the victory ”as a collective manifestation of intellectual, moral and cultural virtues, and mandate given by the good people of Kogi West”.
The Senate on Tuesday urged security agencies to arrest and prosecute perpetrators of electoral violence in the Kogi and Bayelsa elections.
The Police Command in Kogi has arrested six suspects in connection with the killing of one Salome Abu, at Ochadamu, Ofu Local Government Area of the state, on November 18.
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday formally presented the Kogi Governor-elect, Yahaya Bello to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The senators, led by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, made the rejection at a news conference in Abuja.
The All Progressives Congress has condemned the post-election violence reported in Kogi State, which led to the death of a Peoples Democratic Party woman leader, Salome Abuh, and destruction of property in the state.
Achu was burnt to death after the purported victory of Governor Yahaya Bello in last Saturday’s governorship election.
The President of NCWS, Dr Gloria Shoda, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, frowned at the killings.
The PDP, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Engr. Akeem Olatunji, said only politicians with killer instincts, propensity for vote stealing and electoral corruption would celebrate the rape of democracy witnessed in Kogi State last weekend.