The youths of Mopamuro communities in Kogi State have embarked on a demonstration, lamenting the spike in the nbew cases of kidnapping and robbery in the local government.
The youth marched across various communities in the local government, condemning the act which they described as evil.
According to the youths, Mopamuro had been peaceful until the influx of Fulani/herdsmen settlers believed to have been dispersed from southwestern parts of the country on similar allegations of kidnappings, robberies, assaults, and farms destruction.
The youth who were chanting ‘Fulani Must Go’, ‘Bororo Must Go’ in their protest also alleged that a chief in Mopa and another man provide information to criminal elements in the community.
The protester, appealed to traditional rulers, the chairman of the Local Government, and their representatives at state and federal levels to come to their aid in securing the release of the kidnapped victims and avert the looming evil bedeviling the local government.
Meanwhile, The Street Journal reported that gunmen, on Tuesday evening, abducted the Adogu of Eganyi in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi, Alhaji Mohammed Adembe.
Confirming the incident, a police spokesman in Kogi, DSP William Aya, said that Adembe was kidnapped at about 5:20 pm on the Okene -Eganyi Road.