By By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja
No fewer than six robbery suspects who burgled the Kogi State Agricultural Development Project (KSADP),ware house in Felele, Lokoja are now at the police headquarters, Lokoja to answer questions on their role in the incident.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command in the state, DSP Williams Aya, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the correspondent of The Reporters in Lokoja on Monday.
He said the command had also recovered some of the stolen fertilizer and other agrochemical products by the suspects, adding that efforts were on to apprehend the remaining suspects.
Our correspondent gathered that the suspects, said to have stormed the ware house in tricycles and machines, carted away unspecified quantities of fertilizer meant for farmers for dry season agricultural activities through out the state.
Sources told The Reporters that the suspects overpowered the security men attached to the warehouse and executed their mission.
Meanwhile, our correspondent who visited the popular Ganaja junction in the state capital on Monday at about 9.30 a.m noticed a frenzy atmosphere during which many people were seen running for safety to various destinations while gunshots were also heard.
The reason behind the uneasy calm at the junction could not be ascertained as at the time of this report.
The online shall keep our numerous followers posted as the event unfolds.
Meanwhile, the Kogi state Sun newspaper correspondent Mr. Emmanuel Adeyemi has been shot during the sporadic shooting.
Our correspondent gathered that Adeyemi was on his way to the Secretariat of Nigeria Union of Journalist Press Centre,from his house, when he was shot.
He is currently on an admission in one of the private hospitals in Lokoja.
Reacting to the latest development,the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP William Aya, said that the gunshots were from hoodlums who were scaring people away to enable them have free access to their looting activities.
