Gunmen raid Kogi lawmaker’s house

IT was a bleak Christmas  for the people of Odolu community in Igalamala/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State, as armed men in police uniform attacked the community.

It  gathered that the armed men, numbering 65, stormed the community at about 10.00 a.m. on Christmas day asking for the whereabouts of a lawmaker representing Igalamela/Odolu constituency at the Kogi State House of Assembly, Honourable Friday  Makama.

The source said the armed men shot sporadically forcing the people of the community to take cover as they moved to the resident of Honourable Makama.

It was gathered that Honourable Sani escaped through the back door by jumping over the fence of the house.

The gunmen, who allegedly arrived in eight Hilux buses, ransacked the lawmaker’s house beat his aged father and members of his family to stupor before leaving.

It was also alleged the hoodlums carted away  items, including N5 million constituency fund.

Property worth several millions naira were reportedly destroyed. Cars parked in the compound were also destroyed.

Sources close to the lawmaker hinted journalists, in lokoja, that  the attack might be connected with the lawmaker’s rising political profile in Kogi East.

Effort to speak with the Kogi State police command Public Relations Officer, Mr Ajayi Okasannmi, proved abortive but source in police headquarters, Lokoja, confirmed the incident.