File Copy: Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Naziru Kankarofi
The Kogi State Police Command has said that it has intensified bush clearance operations across identified forest locations linking Kabba/Bunu, Obajana and Lokoja axis in Kogi State.
A statement issued on Thursday by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Salisu Afusat, stated that the operation conducted on August 20, 2026, at about 7 am was carried out in compliance with the directives of the state Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Kankarofi.
According to her, the aim was to maintain pressure on criminal elements hibernating in remote forest locations in continuation of its sustained efforts to deny criminal elements access to hideouts and forest corridors.
“The operation involved officers and men of the police, military, local vigilante groups and other auxiliary forces.
