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By Safiyat Muhammed | The Bureau Information
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has expressed concern over rising insecurity within the state, attributing it to the spillover of felony components from Nigeria’s troubled Northeast and Northwest areas.
Talking in Abuja on Friday following his go to to the Nationwide Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the governor warned that Kogi shouldn’t be seen as a refuge for fleeing armed teams.
“Kogi State shouldn’t be a fertile land or a free vacation spot for criminals. We’re coping with them decisively. They’re listening to it — we don’t make noise,” Ododo declared.
He identified that Kogi’s distinctive geographical location, sharing boundaries with ten different states together with the FCT, makes it susceptible to safety breaches, particularly from displaced bandits and terrorists retreating from navy operations in neighboring areas.
“A state that borders this variety of states will certainly, whether or not you prefer it or not, expertise one type of insecurity or the opposite. However what we face at this time in Kogi State and the nation normally is one thing we are able to all be part of arms collectively to deal with,” he added.
The governor additionally highlighted financial underutilisation as a driver of unrest, saying Kogi’s huge mineral and agricultural potential stays largely untapped.
“We’ve got over 32 mineral deposits in industrial amount, however they’ve by no means labored for our expensive state. We’ve got arable land appropriate for any form of crop, but it stays underused. That is a part of what contributes to insecurity,” Ododo defined.
He famous that the current inflow of violent components into forest areas of the state is a direct results of intensified safety operations within the North, saying, “A traditional human being can’t keep within the forest. These criminals are retreating, and we’re confronting them head-on.”
Ododo reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to safeguarding lives and livelihoods, urging collective efforts to sort out insecurity statewide.
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