Soldiers, others killed in fresh Kogi attack,Dusk-to-Dawn Curfew declared in Okete

WHILE the Deeper Life Bible Church(DLBC) was still counting its heavy losses to the ruthless Monday night attack on its church in Otite, Okene, Kogi State, four persons again died in an attack on the Central Mosque in the city on Tuesday.
Reports from Kogi on Tuesday indicated that the death toll in the attack on the DLBC during an evening service on Monday had increased from 16 to 20.
In a panic measure to curb bloodshed in the state, Governor Idris Wada has announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Okete town, while the Ispector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered 24-hour surveillance in worship centres in Okene and other parts of Kogi State.

The dead victims in the Tuesday attack included two soldiers and two of the gunmen that attacked the mosque during the Tasfir prayer at 4.00pm. The soldiers were killed in a gunfight with the gunmen suspected to be members of the violent Islamist sect, Boko Haram. The attackers were dressed in white robes and  drove in a Hilux Jeep to the Central Mosque close to the Okene Local Government Council secretariat  while the Tasfir prayer was about to commence. The rest of the attackers that survived the gunfight were said to have escaped in the same Hilux Jeep before the arrival of other security agents.
The   Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, Mr. Muhammed Katsina, confirmed the incident to journalists in Lokoja.
The Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, a Chief Superintendent of Police, announced the IG measure aimed at arresting the situation in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
“We have commenced investigation into the attack and we want to plead with Nigerians to furnish security agencies with information that can assist us in our investigations,” Mba added.
He said that the police were working with the Army, State Security Service and other security agencies to keep law and order in Kogi State.
Mba quoted the IG as appealing for calm, promising that the perpetrators of the crime would not go unpunished. He however advised the general public to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious movement to the police.