Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Executive Governor of Kogi State has issued seven days ultimatum to four councils administrators and their traditional rulers where 15 Fulanis herdsmen were killed to fish out the perpetrators or risk losing their positions.
Governor Bello, gave the order yesterday 21stcof may 2019, during a security stakeholders’ meeting held in Government House Lokoja.
He point out that the killings happened in Yagba West, Omala, Dekina and Igalamela Odolu Local Government Areas of Kogi State.
He stressed that his administration will not suppy killings of any citizen in kogi state.
While giving the order to the administrators of the four local governments and their traditional rulers, He promised to arrest and bring the perpetrators books, for their ungodly act, saying “government will not allow the insecurity situation that occurred in Benue, Nasarawa and Zafara states to happen in Kogi.
He said “These Fulanis have been staying with us in the state peacefully without any rancour. Any politician or detractor, who are behind this killing will be made to face the full wrath of the law as my administration will not spare anybody no matter how highly placed in the society.”
He applauded the security personnel in the State for their effort in ensuring that there is absolute peace in the state, he urge them to do more in order to keep the state free of insecurity.
Reacting to the killing, the Administrator of Yagba West where 11 Fulanis were killed, Comrade Joseph Olutimi, said that he got a report that farmer was killed by Fulani herdsmen, upon hearing the report, he quickly informed the security personnel who swung into action.
He said, a yet to be identified gunmen were responsible for the killing of the Fulani’s herdsmen, further said that the people of the local government have been living peacefully with the resident Fulanis.
Reacting to what may have lead to the killing, Special Adviser to the governor on security, Commodore Jerry Omadara said that last week a farmer in Yagba West was allegedly killed in his farm by the suspected Fulani’s herdsmen, stressing that, some people took the law into their hands in a reprisal attack by killing Fulanis, who reside in some communities in the local government and dumped their corpses in Omi Dam.
He further revealed that three corpses of Fulanis were found in Oluja community in Dekina Local Government while many cows were killed by unknown gunmen, adding that Omiyowo, Ogar, Ejigba and Dekina recorded high rate of killing of innocent citizens in kogi state.
The Secretary Meyetti Allah in charge of Yagba West, Mohammed Mainasara claimed that eleven Fulanis residents in the council were murdered without justification.
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