Attacks: Kogi Assembly wants naval base, police outpost in Omala

The Kogi House of Assembly has appealed to the Federal Government to establish a permanent naval base and police outpost in Bagana, Omala Local Government Area to curtail criminal activities along the waterways.

The House made the appeal in a resolution issued at its Thursday plenary.

The appeal followed the adoption of a motion on Matter of Urgent Public Importance moved by Mr Aliyu Aku (PDP-Omala) over April 7, herdsmen/communal clashes in the area.

Presenting the motion, Aku told the House that on the fateful day, some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen stormed Bagana and the neighbouring villages of Patanyi and Ogba and unleashed mayhem.

He said that the gunmen numbering over 300, ransacked and set houses ablaze, killing over 22 persons including two mobile police men in gruesome manner.

“This recent attack is one too many since 2013 when the crisis erupted.

“In 2015, similar violent attack by the Fulani herdsmen left the town in rubbles as scores of people were killed; property worth millions of Naira were burnt and destroyed.

“However, while the people were struggling to overcome their losses and look forward to a brighter future, they were again attacked on Sunday, April 7, he said.

He also appealed to the Federal Government to rehabilitate the victims in camps and provide them with relief materials.

Speaker Prince Matthew Kolawole appealed to security agencies to help nip in the bud, insecurity in the state, especially kidnapping that had re-surged in the state. (NAN)