Distinguished Senator Isah Jibrin (Echocho), condemns killing of APC Youth leader, Ibrahim Iyioma Adegbe

…..calls for proper investigation

Senator Jibrin Isah Echocho representing Kogi East Senatorial District has reacted to the killing of an All Progressives Congress, APC leader, Ibrahim Iyioma Adegbe by the suspected thugs of opposition political party in Anyigba, Dekina LGA.

The Lawmaker described as heinous and dastardly, the killing of Adegbe, saying the deceased was the youth leader of Odu Ward II, of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Dekina LGA, wondering if it’s sinful to have ideological political differences.

In a swift reaction through a statement which was made available to journalists, the lawmaker said he has never denied knowing the deceased as he has been a strong supporter of his political adventures and a loyal member of the APC who has contributed to success of APC in Ajiolo-Ojaji and beyond.

Echocho challenged those who orchestrated the slain of Adegbe to show evidence of his involvement in the killing of anyone, either at Ajiolo-Ojaji, or anywhere to have warranted his killing in the guise of politics.

He explained that the late Adegbe’s association with Dekina Local Government Council, Prince Ishaq Okolo, which he knew was an issue in the fold of the opposition Parties, the lawmaker said, was purely political, wondering when it has become an anathema for two chieftains of a political party to relate or take photographs together.

He insisted that last Thursday’s altercation at Ajiolo-Ojaji was a sharp disagreement among friends that snowballed into violence which was fuelled by political differences, noting that overzealous supporters of political parties, should not have taken the fisticuffs to the extreme as the inherent consequences does no one any good.

Senator Isah Jibrin, draw the attention of Security agents to a post on a Facebook wall of Viva Abaro Victoria for raising a false alarm, a development, he believed was stoking embers of crisis leading to the killing of APC supporter(Adegbe Ibrahim), in Ajiolo-Ojaji.

The statement averred: “It’s incumbent on me as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a political leader to make a reference to a toxic Facebook post by one, Viva Abaro Victoria titled: A group of notorious thugs are on rampage in my village, Ajiolo-Ojiaji in Dekina LG of Kogi State.

The post was not only a false alarm, it was spurious and satanic to the extent for which it is causing crisis in the community.

“Anyone who knows Ajiolo-Ojaji well, knows we are all one big political family before political differences sets in among them, but amid politics and politicking, where one’s right stops, another person’s right begins.”

“I call on security agents to investigation the killing of my party supporter – Ibrahim Adegbe and bring perpetrators to justice”, he insisted.