By Peter Duru
Lawmaker representing Benue South District in the National Assembly, Senator Abba Moro, has said all those who lost their lives in the Otukpo bank robbery would not die in vain, assuring that everything would be done to bring the masterminds to justice.
He gave the assurance, yesterday, against the backdrop of weekend’s security breach in Otukpo, the Headquarters of the Senatorial District, where hooded armed men stormed five commercial banks with explosives and sophisticated weapons, killing the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, for Otukpo, and three other officers, including several other persons.
Senator Moro in the statement condemned the attack and described it as sad and unfortunate saying “I stand to condemn, in totality, the Friday attack on Otukpo by armed men, which resulted in wanton destruction of lives and property. It’s a very sad incident.
“While sympathizing with the victims of the barbaric attack, I call on security agents to go after the perpetrators of the heinous crime and bring them to book. They must not go scot-free.
“My heart goes out to the families of all those killed and wounded, and the managements of the banks robbed. Everything humanly possible would be done to secure our land.”
Meanwhile Senator Moro who also led a delegation on a condolence visit to the Police Area Command, Otukpo, that was also attacked by the armed men called for “intelligence gathering to forestall such occurrence in the future.”
While condoling with the Nigeria Police Force and families of the officers wounded and killed in the attack, Senator Moro promised to provide furniture for the station and repair the damaged section of the building affected by the explosives used in the attack.
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