Group Decries Attack On Agojeju Odo Community Of Kogi State

A political pressure group, Ane Igala Restoration (AIR) has condemned in strong terms the attack on the Agojeju Odo community in Omala local government area of Kogi State which left several persons dead and properties worth millions of naira destroyed in the process.

AIR in a statement issued in Jos by the deputy national secretary, Barr Salifu Usman said the attack was a climax of a gradual but well-orchestrated chains of attack by suspected herders who have been on the rampage in Omala local government area of the state since last year.

According to the group, the attack was a fall out of their expulsion from the Agatu area of Apa local government area of Benue State, bordering Omala LGA of Kogi State.

“We wish to further state that the said attack against our people did not come without warning as there have been series of intermittent attacks by the same herders in the months of January, February and March in different locations within the local government area.