.Police confirm death of reverend father in Kogi

Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has challenged President Bola Tinubu to extend the same security strategy that secured the rescue of abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire, Oyo State, to rescuing other Nigerians who remain in captivity across Kwara, Borno and other parts of the country.

This was as the Kogi Police Command has confirmed the death of a clergyman, Rev. Fr. Samuel Opeyemi Oyetoro who was killed by the unknown assailants along Lokoja- Ajaokuta Highway.

In a statement issued yesterday by the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said that the successful operation in Oyo should not be treated as a special case but a general standard in responding to kidnapping cases, regardless of what part of the country it occurred or the language that the victims speak.