By Kingsley Omonobi
The Commissioners of Police in Kogi and Edo states have intensified security collaboration along the Kogi-Edo boundary following concerns over kidnapping and banditry attacks in communities around the border.
The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Bello Kankarofi, and his Edo counterpart, CP Patrick Daaor, on Thursday, August 13, 2026, conducted a joint command patrol at Aguda Village, along the Okene-Auchi Expressway, at the Kogi-Edo boundary.
The exercise focused on the inspection of ongoing joint clearance operations along the corridor, which had entered their seventh day. The commissioners assessed operational deployments, vulnerable routes and the readiness of personnel from both commands and other security agencies.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kogi State Command, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, said the commissioners also inspected identified black spots and hideouts within the border forest to assess security deployments.
