Two of the children of the Kogi State House of Assembly Speaker, Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh Lawal have already been kidnapped. The kids aged 7 and 3 were kidnapped today around 4am from the Speaker's residence at Okengwe in Okene Local Government Section of Kogi state.
In line with the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Austin Akubo, the three kidnappers gained entrance into the home via a broken fence.
"The abductors demanded for the children: Ogirima, 7, and Hafeez, 3, and also made away with other valuables. They took television set, generator, Toyota Yaris saloon car belonging to the wife of the speaker and N20,000. The incident was promptly reported to the police and other security agencies in the state,” he said.