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The Cable is reporting that a security report had warned of the possibility of coordinated attacks in Kogi State.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Despite the security challenges in a neighbouring state like Benue, Kogi has enjoyed relative peace in the past months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But on Monday, two soldiers were killed after gunmen attacked the Kabba Correctional Centre in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n Francis Enobore, spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), had said the gunmen were \u201cheavily armed\u201d and immediately engaged the guards in a fierce gun duel.<\/span><\/p>\n The gunmen were said to have freed not less than 240 inmates after they had attacked a military checkpoint located a few metres away from the correctional centre.<\/span><\/p>\n Some of the inmates who escaped during the attack have, however, been rearrested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The security report which warned of attacks in Kogi, sources said, had revealed the existence of a plot to make the state insecure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Koton-Karfe, Mopamuro, Yagba East, Yagba West, Adavi, Ankpa and Idah are said to be among the targeted areas.<\/span><\/p>\n TheCable understands that the security report also warned of a plan to attack schools in Dekina, Kabba and Lokoja, the state capital.<\/span><\/p>\n Security operatives are said to have been dispatched to the communities listed in the security report.<\/span><\/p>\n Kingsley Fanwo, the Kogi commissioner of information, was not immediately available to comment on the development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The police command in the state did not respond to a message seeking to know the efforts being made to prevent Kogi from becoming yet another state in the country where violent crimes are rampant.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":".. The Cable is reporting that a security report had warned of the possibility of coordinated attacks in…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[34],"class_list":{"0":"post-1306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"\n