Sen. Alex Kadiri has condemned the deaths and indiscriminate use of guns among Kogi youths, demanding for the government’s prompt involvement.
Kadiri represented Kogi East in the National Assembly between 1999 and 2003. The ex-lawmaker made the plea while addressing newsmen in Lokoja on Monday. He said the way and manner in which politicians used the youth to prosecute the forthcoming governorship election in the state called for concern.
“What is going on in Kogi between the APC and SDP as parties and their gubernatorial candidates in the persons of Ododo and Muri is a shame to democracy.
“I am a member of APC and I will continue to talk about the party till I die. There is need to stop using the youth for violence.
“I am pleading this day that the bloodletting that is going on in Kogi is enough and should be stopped.
“The rampaging youths are killing my people, and this should also worry APC and the governor of the state, ” he said.
Kadiri stated, “I am an APC member and all attempts to use the boys in my ward to suspend or expel me has failed.”
“I have not resigned from the party and I will continue to speak the truth to power as long as I am alive. My country is burning, my state is dying, I cannot fold my hands and keep quiet.
“Our people are dying, most of the young boys carry guns, rockets and bombs. I asked myself, the police, the DSS and all the security agencies, are they not aware of the number of guns circulating in Kogi?
“Will they guarantee obliviousness? Might they at any point guarantee they have no method for knowing where these firearms are? Could they at any point guarantee they don’t have the foggiest idea who the punks are?”
The Senator, nonetheless, approached the National Government and security organizations to adapt to the situation capture what was happening in Kogi and save blameless occupants from damage and demise.
Answering the supposed weakness, Resigned Commodore, Jerry Omodara, the Security Consultant (SA) to Gov. Yahaya Bello, said the security agents in the state were doing all they could to manage what is going on.
“We are investigating every possibility to guarantee that those young people displaying weapons around and it are captured and arraigned to cause brutality.
