The Egbira Cultural and Development Association
(ECDA), Kogi State chapter, has condemned the attack by suspected militiamen on
Tawari village in Kogi Local Government Area of the state, where 23 people were
killed and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed.
In a statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary
of the group, Mallam Muhammed Bature Idris and Mallam Isa Abubakar Ada Abu respectively,
the association expressed its anger and disgust on the senseless killings of
innocent people in Tawari by unknown persons.
"While we condole the families of those who
lost their lives, the Kogi State Government, Kogi LGA, the Ohimege Igu and his Council
of Chiefs and the people of Tawari, we equally call on the security agencies to
be more proactive against future occurrence
"We also advise the state government to as a
matter of urgency comb the Tawari area down to the border of Nasarawa and Kogi States,
where some strange elements are suspected to be hibernating," the
statement noted.
ECDA alleged that renegades that escaped from other
volatile areas are regrouping in some parts of Kogi and Nasarwa States.
Sardauna and Uttu villages in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State and Kpokpolobi in Kogi
LGA have been turned into camps for robbers and kidnappers terrorising people
in the two states and the FCT.
The association further alleged that the invaders
are many and are said to be using motorcycles for their operations just like
the Boko Haram, the Birnin Gwari marauders and the Daral Salam fighters that
were decimated in Niger State.
The Egbira Cultural Development Association,
therefore, called on the Nasarawa and Kogi States as well as the FCT
administrations to organise a joint security operation to mop up the areas and flush out the criminals terrorising
the people.
"We wish to appeal to the state governor to engage more
vigilantes and encourage them with all that is necessary to boost their
morale," the group pleaded.
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