Lawmakers Urge Gov Ododo To Secure Tertiary Institutions.

Kogi State House of Assembly is urging Governor Usman Ododo to beef up security

around all Tertiary Institutions in the state to avert the kidnap of students by gunmen.

The lawmakers gave the charge during plenary in Lokoja with a motion of urgent public

importance, while, the member representing Adavi State constituency and the Chief

whip of the House, Asema Baba Haruna, under motions of urgent public importance,

condemned the kidnapping of scores of students at the Confluence University of

Science and Technology.

Osara also sympathized with the families of the kidnapped victims, adding that, the

abducted students were preparing for their first-semester examination before they were

ambushed by the gunmen.

Supporting the motion, the minority leader of the house and member representing

Yagba East State Constituency, Idowu Ibikunle, decried the number of students who are

still in captivity, adding that, a business tycoon was recently kidnapped in his

constituency and had not regained his freedom as of the time of the plenary session.

In his ruling, the Speaker and member representing Lokoja II Rt. Aliyu Yusuf urged the

state Government to support the creation of state police in a bid to address the spate of

insecurities in the state.