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Terrorists Bomb Kogi LG Offices Days To 2023 Election

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Less than four days to the February general election,Kogi LG Offices have been

Newslensng 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, north central 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.

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Newslensng Nigeria reports that the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, William Ovye Aya, confirmed the incident.

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According to him, the command had commenced an investigation to unravel the cause of the attack.

Meanwhile, this said 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.

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Also, properties worth millions of naira were razed down by the explosion. However, there was no loss of life, according to sources.

When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer in the area, Yakubu Ovanja, could not be reached at the time of filing this report.

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The Kogi State Government has also not yet reacted to the development, as efforts made by our reporter to get their side of the story proved abortive.

Also, neither the state nor the affected local government have made any official statement either.

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