{"id":19243,"date":"2019-12-22T18:03:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19243"},"modified":"2019-12-22T18:03:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T18:03:33","slug":"govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi","title":{"rendered":"Govt reveals those responsible for crime in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kogi State Government has attributed the rising wave of armed robbery and kidnapping in the state to criminal elements that infiltrated the state.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Information and Communication Strategy, made this known in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe few flashes of attacks witnessed some weeks ago were traced to criminals who entered the state to foment trouble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have tightened the noose on them and it will be difficult for them to disturb the peace of the state anymore, \u2019\u2019 Fanwo said.<\/p>\n<p>The special adviser was, however, not specific about measures being put in place to curtail the crimes which had been on the increase since the Nov. 16 governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He assured residents and commuters travelling for holidays through the state of their safety, saying that measures had been put in place to ensure their security, NAN reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state government will not soft-pedal in its decision to ensure the security of lives and property,\u2019\u2019 Fanwo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kogi State Government has attributed the rising wave of armed robbery and kidnapping in the state to criminal elements that infiltrated the state. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Information and Communication Strategy, made this known in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday. \u201cThe few flashes of attacks witnessed some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":19245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[396,176],"class_list":["post-19243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kogi","tag-nan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt reveals those responsible for crime in Kogi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kogi State Government has attributed the rising wave of armed robbery and kidnapping in the state to criminal elements that infiltrated the state.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt reveals those responsible for crime in Kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kogi State Government has attributed the rising wave of armed robbery and kidnapping in the state to criminal elements that infiltrated the state.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-22T18:03:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Gov-Bello.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"802\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Govt reveals those responsible for crime in Kogi\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-22T18:03:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi\"},\"wordCount\":178,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Gov-Bello.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kogi\",\"NAN\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/govt-reveals-those-responsible-for-crime-in-kogi\",\"name\":\"Govt reveals those responsible for crime in Kogi - 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