- Governor Yahaya Bello extols late labour leader, Abdulmumini Yakubu, as one who spent almost his entire life for the good of humanity
- He says the death of the labour leader is a huge loss to his family, the organised labour and the state government
- The governor says his administration is working to arrest those behind the murder and bring them to justice
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has called on security agencies to arrest the killers of the chairman of the non-academic staff union of secondary schools, science and technology education board, Abdulmumini Yakubu and one other in Ozuwaya, in Okene local government of the state.
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The governor in a statement issued in Lokoja on Thursday, November 2, by his special adviser on security, Jerry Omodara, blamed the killings on those he described as enemies of Kogi, The Nation reports.
He said: “It is lamentable that in spite of what we are doing to make Kogi State safe and secure, some bad eggs still take pride in the unenviable record of being one of the most violent in the country. This latest gruesome murder of Mr Yakubu has again confirmed the reign of politics of intolerance, banditry and assassinations which our government has sworn to wipe out.”
Bello extoled the late Yakubu as one who spent almost his entire life for the good of humanity.
He said the death of the labour leader is a huge loss to his family, the organised labour and to the state government.
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The governor said his administration was working frantically to arrest those behind the murder and bring them to justice.
NAIJ.com had earlier reported that unknown gunmen on Wednesday, November 1, killed Abdulmumini Yakubu, the Kogi state chairman of the National Association of State University (NASU) and his younger brother.
Vanguard reports that the killing took place around 7pm while worshipers were performing ablution for the night’s prayers.
Yakubu and his younger brother from Okene, Kogi Central senatorial district were gunned down while performing the ablution in front of the house of the late state NASU chairman.
The killing comes a day after one other person was killed by unknown gunmen in the same town on Tuesday, October 31, a development that has made residents live in fear.
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Source: Naija.ng