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Kogi police command to investigate attack on INEC

by Sikiru Obarayese
March 20, 2023
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The Kogi State Police Commissioner in charge of Saturday’s election, CP Yekini Ayoku has tasked the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department to commence thorough investigation to apprehend the miscreants and bring them to deserved justice.

In a press statement issued by SP William Ayah, Police Public Relations Officer ordered the deployment of operational and tactical assets of the Force to embark on thorough combing of the general area to apprehend the attackers and to rescue the two victims yet to be accounted for.

The statement read as follows, “On Sunday 19th of March, 2023, INEC Officials and Adhoc Staff came under heavy attack by armed hoodlums at Obajana while on their way from Kupa North and South Wards to the Constituency Collation Centre in Lokoja.

“The Police escort attached to the team responded robustly and engaged with hoodlums in a fierce gun duel.

“On receipt of the distress call, reinforcement teams were promptly mobilized and sent to the scene which equally engaged the attackers and owing to the superior firepower of the Police, the attackers were forced to flee with varying degrees of injuries.

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“The Commissioner of Police in charge of Election in Kogi State, CP Yekini Ayoku, mni, led the rescue team to the scene for an on-the-spot assessment.

“He later led the evacuation of the ninety six (96) rescued victims comprising INEC Officials, Adhoc Staff, Bus drivers and others to the INEC Headquarters in Lokoja. While the three injured victims were evacuated to the Federal Medical center Lokoja for treatment.

“The Commissioner of Police while commending the gallantry displayed by the men of the Force, urged members of the public particularly the adjoining communities to be on the lookout and report any body seen with bullets wounds to the nearest security Formation or agencies. He assured the public that the Police will not rest on it’s oars in the fight against criminality in state”.



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