Good morning everyone,
Petrol scarcity is gradually easing off and am glad that queues and shunting at petrol stations are now stale gists. Guess I have will to remove the25litre gallon in my car's trunk since there is no longer need for it.
A new trend is building in the state that shares border with Abuja with its victims being public civil servants and bankers because of their financial status and children for their vulnerability with ransom ranging from N350,000 - N5million depending on the victim.
Kogi State is trending for its kidnapping status in recent weeks.
Cases of kidnapping are fast building up and something crucial and clinical needs to be done to halt these nefarious act. Several weeks ago, a man(banker)'s wife and 2kids were kidnapped, and over the weekend, I was reliably informed that the kids were released to their father after ransom was paid but the kidnappers are still in possession of the wife.
These raises the question of security in the state as well as the need to be more security conscious and it worries me a lot since if such activities are not curbed on time and allowed to gain more momentum, sooner or later it will creep into Abuja and its environs. A Yoruba adage says : "iku to n pa ojugba e ni, owe nla lo n pa fun ni" which literally mean : a death that is killing around you is giving you a stern warning!
I know the state is going through a lot for now because of its upcoming gubernatorial election and its politics( story for another day), more still needs to be done to ensure these culprits are brought to book. Also, the people need to also play the role of reporting strange movement and faces around them to the authorities.
Better safe than sorry.
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