Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has taken his battles with the political class to the media following a petition to the police over last week’s report on herdsmen killings in the state. The state government it was learnt petitioned the police over the reports which thus instigated the police to summon nine journalists to police headquarters. Vanguard among other leading national newspapers last week reported the killing of some citizens of the state by herdsmen. Penultimate week’s attack on the herdsmen was the latest in a series of attacks on the indigenes of the state. Governor Bello had in the face of the uneasiness over herdsmen killings across the country offered to provide a colony for herdsmen in the state. The governor’s offer has, however, been largely rebutted by some enlightened and esteemed statesmen in the state. Read more
Governor Bello extends his battles to the media (Vanguard)
