Crime Watch
Terrorists Bomb Kogi LG Offices Days To 2023 Election
Kogi LG Offices have been attacked days before the 2023 Election.
Newsone reports that some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have attacked and blown off the administrative offices of the Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, northcentral Nigeria, less than four days before the February general election.
This online news platform understands that the incident occurred on Monday night when the assailants invaded the area with some explosives.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, William Ovye Aya, confirmed the incident.
According to him, the command had commenced an investigation to unravel the cause of the attack.
Meanwhile, Newsone reports that the attack on Kogi LG Offices is coming after the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), had claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion that killed about four people and injured several others in the Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State in January.