Kogi State Speaker's Children Kidnapped
Two of the children of the Kogi State House of Assembly Speaker, Alhaji
Momoh-Jimoh Lawal have been kidnapped. The children aged 7 and 3 were
kidnapped this morning around
4am
from the Speaker's residence at Okengwe in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi
state.
According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Austin Akubo, the
three kidnappers gained entrance into the house through a broken
fence.
"The abductors demanded for the children: Ogirima, 7, and Hafeez, 3, and also made away with other valuables. They took television set, generator, Toyota Yaris saloon car belonging to the wife of the speaker and N20,000. The incident was promptly reported to the police and other security agencies in the state,” he said.
Emeka Emeh, the Kogi state's Police Public Relations Officer confirmed
the incident and said the police is working very hard to find the kidnappers
and free the children. The kidnappers as at press time had not contacted the
family.
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