Kogi state Speaker's children kidnapped this morning

Two of the children of the Kogi State House
of Assembly Speaker, Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh
Lawal have been kidnapped. The children
aged 7 and 3 were kidnapped this morning
around 4am from the Speaker's residence at
Okengwe in Okene Local Government Area of
Kogi state.
According to the Chief Press Secretary to the
Speaker, Austin Akubo, the three kidnappers
gained entrance into the house through 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.
Emeka Emeh, the Kogi state's Police
Public Relations Officer confirmed the
incident and said the police is working very
hard to find the kidnappers and free the
children. The kidnappers as at press time had
not contacted the family.