Gunmen, yesterday, invaded the house of the Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly,

Gunmen, yesterday, invaded the house
of the Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly,
Mr. Momoh Lawal Jimoh, at Okengwe, in Okene
Local Government Area of the state and kidnapped
two of his children.
The gunmen, who were said to have gained
entrance through the fence, also looted the
speaker’s house and carted away valuables
including jewellery, television sets and a generator.
The speaker, who spoke with Vanguard on the
phone confirmed the incident but said the
kidnappers were yet to contact him with their
demands.
According to a source from the speaker’s house,
the gunmen numbering about 10 came in at 4 am,
by scaling the fence before shooting into the air.
They then hacked the door to gain entrance.
He said immediately they gained access into the
house, the gunmen demanded the speaker’s sons;
seven-year-old Ogirima Jimoh and three-year-old
Afeez Jimoh, and abducting them.
He said: “Afterward, the gunmen took their time to
ransack the house and carted away some
valuables. On their way out, they demanded the
speaker’s number which was given to them. They
took the boys into the speaker’s wife car and left.”
The speaker’s children kidnapping saga is coming
few month after the wife and daughter of Adavi
Local Government council chairman, Salihu
Adaviroko, were kidnapped in his residence.