- Kogi State has been experiencing cases of kidnapping and robberies, with many blaming the criminal activities on the deplorable section of the roads
Gunmen have killed the Pension Board Commissioner in Kogi State, police authorities confirmed on Sunday.
The commissioner, Adebayo Solomon was killed on Saturday, while the Chairman of Yagba East Local Government, Pius Kolawole and some others were abducted.
The slain commissioner was said to be travelling from Ilorin to Kabba when his vehicle was said to have been shot at Eruku village a few kilometres to Egbe the border town between Kwara and Kogi state by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
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His remains had been deposited at ECWA Hospital, Egbe, while the whereabouts of Kolawole remains unknown.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayuba Ede, while reacting to the incident, said an intensive investigation is in progress to unravel the perpetrators of the heinous act.
The abduction of the council chairman may not be unconnected with his concerted efforts to rid his local government area of hoodlums suspected to be criminal herdsmen terrorising the council.
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