Bandits invade Kogi communities, kill 19

In what was described as a reprisal attack, bandits entered two communities in Kogi State, Agojeju Odo and Abejukolo in Omala Local Government Area and unleashed terror that claimed no fewer than 19 lives with properties destroyed. Several houses were said to have been razed by the gun wielding bandits who entered the two Kogi […]


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