The joint security team was constituted for effective security coordination in Abuja and its environs in the wake of the worsening security situation in the country.
Kogi Commissioner shot dead, council boss kidnapped
The two officials were travelling from Ilorin, Kwara State capital, to Kabba in Kogi State on Saturday, when they were attacked.
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The Pension Board Commissioner of Kogi State, Adebayo Solomon, has been killed by gunmen, PREMIUM TIMES confirmed.
Mr Solomon, who was travelling from Ilorin, Kwara State capital, to Kabba in Kogi State on Saturday, was attacked alongside four others in the vehicle.
According to the spokesperson of the police in Kogi, Williams Aya, the attack took place at Eruku village, a few kilometres to Egbe and on the boundary between the two states.
The house razed by the thugs
As the family of the deceased kicks, security agencies charged with the task of fishing out her killers seem not to have done enough in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Husband of the late politician, Elder Simeon Babani Seidu Abuh, who spoke with our correspondent, said the family was still in trauma over the gruesome murder of his wife.
According to him, the family is deeply pained that justice was yet to be served in the matter.
He said that he has written a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari demanding justice over the killing.
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Following the conclusion of the 3 weeks orientation course of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), corp members on their way from the Ede Orientation Camp, Osun State were attacked by gunmen on Tuesday.
It was gathered that the attack happened along the Lokoja-Abuja highway, just hours after they left the orientation camp and in the process of abduction, one of them was shot dead.
The deceased Corp member has been identified as Suleiman Yusuf Bomoi, a graduate of English Language from the Federal University Gashua.
A family member of the deceased told HumAngle that his body has been deposited at the Sabon Wuse General Hospital in Niger State.
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The Kogi State Police Command on Wednesday said they have no record of any kidnapping incident along Lokoja-Abuja highway where were some corps members were reportedly kidnapped.
The spokesperson of the command, Mr William Aya stated this while reacting to news that kidnappers abducted members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on their way from Ede NYSC Orientation Camp, Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria.
According to the report, a corps member identified as Suleiman Yusuf Bomoi, a graduate of English Language from the Federal University Gashua was shot dead by the armed gang.
The report added that his body has been deposited at the Sabon Wuse General Hospital in Niger State.