Richard Elesho
The Senator, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Sunday Karimi, has described the daily occurrence of kidnappers in his district as one too many, lamenting the gruesome death of 76-year-old Major Pastor Joe Ajayi, who died in the hands of his abductors.
Karimi, in a statement issued to Newsmen in Lokoja while reacting to the death of Pa. Ajayi, lamented that the whole of Kogi West is now under siege in the hands of kidnappers. He expressed concern that people of his district now remain in their houses and lamented that even at that, they are still being kidnapped in their homes.
Karimi described the story and rate of kidnapping in his senatorial district, from Lokoja, Kakanda, Bunu axis, in Kiri area of Kabba Bunu LGA, as worrisome, recalling that till date, the 92-year-old traditional Ruler of Okoloke, is in the hands of his abductors.
The Senator said all over the places in Kogi West, his people now live in fear, pointing out that Kidnapping is now a daily occurrence and called for collective actions by security agencies to free the people from criminality.
The lawmaker disclosed plans to organise the Christian Association of Nigeria and clerics under the Council of Ulaamau to organise a three-day fasting and prayer session that would help free the people from the activities of terrorists.
” The time for us to go spiritual in fighting these miscreants and kidnappers who have refused our people to breathe and live freely from the hands of the people is now. I’m putting machinery in motion to help organise and hold this spiritual intervention because we are no longer safe to live our lives. ”
He condoled with the family of the deceased, Pa. Ajayi and prayed God to grant them the fortitude to bear his loss.
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