Kogi State Police Command said it has commenced
investigations into the alleged gunmen attack on the family house of Senator
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The Police Command confirmed receiving a distress call that
the senator’s family house in Obeiba-Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi
State, was under attack.
In a statement made available to journalists by the Police
Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya Ovye on Friday, the Command said the
investigation followed a distress call from Yakubu Ovanja, an aide to Senator
Natasha, on Wednesday.
The statement said the information was lodged with the Divisional Police Officer attached to Okehi Division.
The statement said: “At about 0100hrs some hoodlums
numbering about three armed with cutlasses invaded the family house of the said
Senator and damaged some front window glasses.
“Immediately the information was received by the DPO, he
mobilized his men in for on the spot assessment where he met a young man name
Michael Akpoti in the house who narrated how the hoodlums used cutlasses to
damaged the said building while trying to gain access into the house before he
raised alarm which made the hoodlums to flee.
“In view of the above, the Commissioner of Police has
directed the deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of Criminal Investigation
Department to commence immediate and discrete investigation into the alleged
attack to ascertain its cause with the view to apprehending the perpetrators
and bringing them to justice.”
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