Opinion: Governor Bello and the Fight Against Security Threats In Kogi, By Onogwu Mohammed
The administration of Governor Yahaya Bello, no doubt, has recorded unprecedented achievements in the area of security and fight against crimes in the state, just as he had done in other sectors.
This is because, many youths, due to the collapse of societal values, have plunged into dangerous acts of criminality. The responsibility of the governor of a confluence state , which shares boundaries with about 10 states of different ethnic disposition becomes more tedious given the evident influx from all over these regions without restrictions.
A critical comparison of the volatile security conditions before his inception and the evident progresses made by his administration within the first six month until date had since become a model, which other governors had since adopted.For instance, the state between the periods of January to June 2016 recorded 167 kidnapping cases in the Central Senatorial District; 42 in the Eastern Senatorial District and 39 in the western Senatorial District.
First Bank Kabba – November 19, 2011; First Bank Aiyetoro Gbede –December 19, 2011; First Bank Ankpa – April 25, 2012; First Bank Ajaokuta – September 27, 2013; Unity Bank – April 25, 2012; First Bank and Mainstreet Banks were simultaneously robbed in Kabba on October 1, 2014 It was quite clear that these security challenges required immediate solutions if the administration was ever interested in successfully delivering on its plans and programmes to move the Confluence State towards a New Direction.
This singular act has recorded huge success in intelligence gathering and ensuring that these operatives assist security operatives to gather intelligence within their locality. Some of these huge spending included the purchase, maintenance and fueling of over 160 vehicles provided for security agencies and building of a Forward Operation Base for the Nigerian Army in Okene, which gulped over N270 million.
The Vigiscope Operation centre is a technological incorporated security driven initiative of the Governor Bello-led administration in partnership with a private company . As an administration, its belief is founded on the premise that once security is guaranteed, other aspects of the people’s life would also thrive and as such, the desire to deliver a secured Kogi State can never be overrated.The state governor summoned all heads of high institutions for an extraordinary security meeting on January 3, 2020 and gave a stern warning that any vice chancellor, rector and provost who cannot curb the menace of cultism on the campus should resign before February 28.
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