Kogi State Government Blames Saboteurs For Kabba Prison Attack

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The Kogi State Government, on Friday, blamed those it described as saboteurs for the recent  jailbreak in the Kabba area of the state.

The Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who stated this in Lagos,  accused unnamed politicians of sponsoring the attack to discredit the watertight security put in place by Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration.

He said the government was looking into the issue to fish out those who were sabotaging the state and vowed to make the report of its findings public.

According to him the attack was primarily meant to rubbish Bello’s security architecture and his political strategies.

Fanwo stated that the attack on the Kabba Custodial Centre was a coordinated one by saboteurs, he added that the government would do all in its capacity to rejig the security network of the state.

“We are going to do more in fortifying our state, especially government facilities, and bring all those sabotaging our state to justice,” he said.

He said the government had at its disposal intelligence about the attack,  which it communicated to the military.

Fanwo stated,  “We had intelligence as regards the  planned attack on the custodial centre, which we communicated to the  appropriate quarters. We were assured that 20 military men would be stationed at the centre to counter any aggression.

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“People should not also undermine the plain  fact that there are high-profile criminal inmates in the custodial centre and their members would do everything possible to free them. That is why we want the Federal Government to do more to protect the correctional facilities.”

The commissioner said the jailbreak had taught  the government a  great lesson that would propel it to do more in rejiging the security architecture of the state.

Fanwo stated, “Despite all odds,  the state remains one of the best and safest in the country, adding, “This rubbish will make us to be more formidable in our war against crimes and criminality.

“Kogi State used to be  regarded as a den of kidnappers and criminals’ den and people claimed that passing through the state was like walking through the shadow of death. Surprisingly, when Governor Yahaya Bello took over, he invited stakeholders, who brainstormed  on  solutions to the security problems,  after which they mapped out strategies that are still working for the state.

“First, he discovered that security agencies were not able to move around the state because of lack of patrol vehicles. We bought 240  patrol vans, which we assigned 10 to each local government council and this allowed security agencies to patrol the local government areas and the entire state.  

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