I Excavated Kogi Central Senatorial District Road To Protect Life And Property—Governor Bello

<h4>I Excavated Kogi Central Senatorial District Road To Protect Life And Property<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has re affirmed that the reason for the excavation of some roads in Kogi Central was a deliberate security measure to restrict criminals from gaining access to that part of the state&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On Thurday&comma; February 23&comma; operatives of the Kogi State Command of the Nigeria Police Force had intercepted workers of Chinese construction firm&comma; CCECC&comma; allegedly engaged by the state government to cut off roads leading to Kogi Central Senatorial District&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Public affairs analysts who reviewed the situation submitted that it was a plot to prevent the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission &lpar;INEC&rpar;&comma; security agents and other stakeholders from accessing the senatorial district during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;18062" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-18062" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-18062" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;natasha-hadiza-akpoti-politics-nigeria-2019-elections-300x200&period;jpg" alt&equals;"I Excavated Kogi Central Senatorial District Road To Protect Life And Property" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"200" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-18062" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Natasha&comma; PDP Senate candidate cries foul<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In the course of the concerns and dust raised by governor Bello&comma; the state government&comma; in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications&comma; Kingsley Fanwo&comma; said that the decision to cut off the roads was sequel to an explosion that rocked the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Okehi Local Government Secretariat Complex<&sol;a> few days earlier&comma; as well as the Okene blast of December 29&comma; 2022&comma; during President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking on Arise TV Friday night&comma; governor Yahaya Bello maintained what his Information Commissioner earlier presented to the public&comma; re affirming that the reason he excavated the road was to save life and property<br &sol;>&NewLine;The governor stressed that he got intelligent report that hired thugs were going to use that route to perpetrate mayhem on the citizens and as a governor he was not going to fold his hand s and allow that to happen in his state&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We took the decision at our state security council meeting&period; That road I dug was one of the roads intelligence revealed that will be used by the hired thugs&comma;” the governor defended&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19868" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;Hole-300x150&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"I Excavated Kogi Central Senatorial District Road To Protect Life And Property" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"150" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The excavated road<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;