Gunmen attack Kogi market, kill trader and abduct others

Gunmen invaded Orie market in Agbedo -Apayan community in Igalamela/Odolu local area in Kogi State and killed one person and abducted many others.

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DAILY POST has also learned that the gunmen are demanding a ransom of 20 million naira to release their victims.

The suspected bandits who attacked the market in large numbers on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 2 p.m. reportedly started shooting sporadically to scare people from the market.

The shooting DAILY POST has learned caused pandemonium in the market as people ran for protection, leaving one person identified as Johnson dead.

Sources say the late Johnson was hit by bullets and died, while another person was immediately abducted to an unknown location.

DAILY POST reliably collected that the incident was the third time in a row when suspected gunmen attacked the market and abducted people, then demanded ransom.

Investigations further revealed that the suspected thugs were taking advantage of the thick forest between Apayan in Kogi State and the border of Enugu and Anambra States to perpetrate their evil.

Sources further disclosed that residents of Agbedo Community, Apayan District, Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area, Kogi State continued to call the state government and state security agencies to come to their aid in the face of the relentless attacks on the defenseless. people on market days in the area.

When contacted for confirmation, Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer William Ovye Aya confirmed the incident on Monday.

The police spokesman said it was a case of an invasion of a store belonging to a certain Johnson after he was killed, a certain Edwin was abducted along with many others the market day.