Youths of Odo-Ape community, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, protesting the killing of two persons by gunmen have blocked a federal highway.<\/p>\n
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Unknown gunmen struck yesterday in Odo-Ape, killing two people in their farm.<\/p>\n
A resident of the community, who pleaded anonymity, described the gruesome murder of the two innocent individuals as sad.<\/p>\n
He said the gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, gunned down one Tiv man popularly called Mr Black, who was moving his farm produce to the market in preparation for today\u2019s business\u201dl.<\/p>\n
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\u201cUnfortunately, he could not stop when the gunmen tried to stop him by force, hence they opened fire, killing him on the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
The resident further noted that after they had killed Mr Black, they discovered one Sunday Aiyedero was in a farm within the vicinity.<\/p>\n
\u201cImmediately he was sighted, they opened fire, and killed him instantly.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the security situation in Odo-Ape and environs were worrisome, calling on the state government and security agencies to come to their aid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can no longer sleep with our eyes closed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Piqued by the latest development, youths of the community, this morning, protested over the sad happenings.<\/p>\n
They blocked the federal highway that passes through the community, calling on the federal government to intervene in the worsening security situation in the area.<\/p>\n
The youths said the state government has long been silent to their cry for help, hence the need to seek federal government attention.<\/p>\n
No less than seven persons have been reportedly kidnapped in the community within the last three months.<\/p>\n
In the first week of December 2024, a councillor, Alaba Ope, and eight other persons were taken away in a night raid from their respective houses in the community.<\/p>\n
Three weeks prior, three persons, including an 8-year-old boy were abducted from the same community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Youths of Odo-Ape community, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, protesting the killing of two persons by…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[234,2677],"class_list":{"0":"post-12432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-kabba","9":"tag-odo-ape"},"yoast_head":"\n