As the kogi state governorship election gathered momentum with attendant heightened insecurity, the kogi state Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha has appealed to political parties , candidates and their supporters to eschew violence and play the game by the rule.
This is just as he paraded nine criminal elements terrorising the people of the state.
CP Onuoha who decried the politically motivated killings and destruction of property across kogi state especially the kogi East zone and enjoined the people to re-establish the love that binded them before the electioneering process and to consider one another’ as brothers and sisters.
He said the command is working assiduously to stem the tide of crime and criminality and solicit the support of the citizenry in providing credible and actionable information to the police and other law enforcement agencies as the fight against crime is for all and sundry.
He warned politicians not to overheat the polity by their actions and unguarded utterances and to desist from arming the children of other people against themselves.
He disclosed that the command has recorded successes in the fight against predatory activities as nine criminals were apprehended for Kidnapping, armed robbery, and collaborators of mob attack on innocent okada rider who was burnt to death over false organ harvest.
Those paraded by the CP, include Thank God Joseph and Monday Mathew for armed robbery who robbed residents of Onicha Igo in ofu Local Government of the state.
Others are Haruna Adamu, Yakubu Mohammed, Usman Abubakar, whose alarm of organ harvest led to the lynching of one Harisu Abdulrasheed an Okada rider who exchanged handshakes with them.
The trio of Daniel David , Abdulmumuni zakari , Akoji Oyibo and Alih Abdulraman were apprehended for their series of Kidnappings and car snatching operations across the state.
Items recovered from them were: One AK 47 Rifle, One Ak47 Magazines, live AK 47 ammunitions, one short gun: three Dane guns, two 206 and 406 Peugeot cars with Registration numbersYAB473 PR, 406 REC 856TH; five 50kg gallons of palm oil, one locally made pistol, three cutlasses and several charms.
While warning criminal elements to turn a new leaf or they should be ready to meet their Waterloo said , the command is positioned to stamp them out of the state.
He assured law abiding residents of the safety of their lives and property, called for community based information sharing with police to fish out perpetrators of crimes across the state.
