The police in Kogi, said it has has arrested six persons suspected to perpetrate the attack on senator representing Kogi East district at the national assembly, Jibrin Isah Echocho.
Echocho had on Tuesday explained how armed thugs assaulted him outside Kogi state governor’s office shortly after a meeting with Governor Yahaya Bello where the governor had expressed disappointment on the performance of Echocho and others from Kogi East in the just concluded governorship election in the state.
But the state police command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Aya disclosed on Wednesday that the Commissioner of Police, CP Bethrand C. Onuoha condemned the attack on the senator, stressing that no stone would be left unturned in their bid to prosecute the culprits.
“Consequent upon the attack on the Senator Representing Kogi East in the National Assembly yesterday (Tuesday) in Lokoja, Sen. Isah Jibrin Echocho, the Operatives of the Kogi State Police Command attached to Quick Response Unit promptly swung into action and apprehended six suspects in connection with the incident”, PPRO said.
