Insecurity: Erelu of Apata land canvases support for Gov’Ododo.
Piqued by escalating insecurity and multi dimensional poverty that have ravaged the grassroots across the state,Prominent daughter of Kogi State, and the Erelu of Apata land, bar. Elizabeth Fumilayo Schule has taken a clinical assessment of Kogi State under the political leadership of the Chief servant, and the state governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo and urge citizens to mobilize unflinching support to him to sustain the battle against banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, and other sundry crimes .
Barrister Schule gave the assessment on the sideline of recent happenings in the state and affirmed that Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo led administration’s track record in humongous investment in security and checkmating the unholy and ungodly operations of terrorists, bandits, high way robery, kidnapping are yielding positive results.
Bar. Elizabeth Schule explained that the present government under the watch of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo spendings and political will to eliminate insecurity in Oworo land, and kogi State in general is in consonance with section 14 of 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended as sole responsibility of government to guarantee the safety of lives and property and citizen’s welfare.
While passing a clean bill of health on the governor’s giant strides in the deployment and mobilization of Nigerian Army, Nigeria Security and civil Defense Corps, Police and local vigilante groups to flash points communities said, the pragmatic actions and efforts if sustained will boost the socio-economics wellbeing of grassroots as farmers will go farm to yield food security and demystified hunger, poverty and underdevelopment.
According to her, others neighbouring states including Niger, Nasarawa, Benue and other troubled states in the far north should take a study tour and envolve peer review mechanism by emulating the security architectures of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to tackle headlong the security threat in their States
The Erelu of Apata land similarly hailed the governor for the timely assented the bill preventing heavy duty trucks movement during day time, asserted that the far reaching legislation will no doubt reduce crime and carnages on the federal government’s link Lokoja road which frequently terminate lives especially federal University and Kogi State Polytechnic Students.
She acknowledged the inroad of traditional rulers including the Olu Apata land , Oba Fredrick Balogun, Bajana of Obajana, Oba Idowu Isenebi, Massi of Oworo and the Olu of Oshokosoko land for their continues fatherly roles in mobilizing their subjects in promoting , peace , unity and fostering development in their respective domains.
The Nigerian diaspora legal expert harped on the urgent need of unflinching support for security architecture existing in the state by providing them accurate information about the men of the under world to enable them flush them out from their hideouts.
