Senator representing Kogi West at
the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has alluded that Kogi Governor, Yahaya
Bello has allegedly recruited young men and women as local vigilante group in
the state.
Melaye also said the recruits
were also armed with “pump action” guns with which they harass innocent people
in the state.
The Senator made this assertion
on Wednesday, while contributing to a motion on the spate of insecurity in the
country.
He said, the rate at which the
armed vigilantee groups were operating in Kogi, it could degenerate into full
blown terrorist group if not quickly checked.
The lawmaker said the situation
would be catastrophic during the general elections in 2019 and governorship
election in 2020, unless the trend was addressed.
He vehemently objected to the
idea of state police, saying the state Governors would abuse the formation, the
same way Governor Bello has allegedly done with the vigilante groups in Kogi.
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