{"id":1698,"date":"2021-10-26T22:31:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T22:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2021-10-26T22:31:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T22:31:17","slug":"six-killed-as-gunmen-attack-kogi-community-over-land-tussle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/six-killed-as-gunmen-attack-kogi-community-over-land-tussle\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Killed As Gunmen Attack Kogi Community over Land Tussle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A screenshot taken on October 26, 2021, shows a deserted community following an attack by gunmen in Kogi State.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Six persons have been confirmed killed by gunmen who attacked Bagana community in Omala Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The attack, said to have taken place very early on Monday, also left several others injured while many locals were forced to abandon their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Police authorities in the state have confirmed the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Unlike previous incidents attributed to armed herdsmen, the latest is believed to be a result of the tussle between the people of Bagana and Patani community over the ownership of a piece of land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The assailants were reported to have struck at about 7:30 in the morning when most of the youths in the community had gone to the farm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Houses and business centres were left in ruins after the attack, and the palace and vehicle of the traditional ruler of Bagana were not speared by the assailants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In an interview with Channels Television, an eyewitness identified as Salifu Yakubu narrated how the gunmen invaded the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Yakubu, who is also the son of the traditional ruler of the community, also stated that the incident had nothing to do with herds, but it was a fallout of a communal clash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Chairman of Omala LGA, Ibrahim Abo, also confirmed the incident. During a visit to the community, he appealed to the youths of Bagana to remain calm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">According to Abo, the temptation to embark on a reprisal must be resisted as the state government is already making efforts to resolve the dispute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mr Ibrahim Abo (wearing a black cap) with Mr Idrisu Dabban and some police officers during a visit to Bagana community in Kogi State on October 26, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Idrisu Dabban, also led some top officers of the command to Bagana for an on-the-spot assessment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Dabban assured the residents that the command under his leadership would not relent on its oars until the communal crisis was brought to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He added that the police have put necessary measures in place to forestall a reoccurrence of such an incident in Omala LGA.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8230;\u00a0 A screenshot taken on October 26, 2021, shows a deserted community following an attack by gunmen in&hellip;\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-1698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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