Kogi State Governance Failure: Innocent Lives Cut Short Again at Olle-Bunu — Braimoh
Kogi State is mourning again. More innocent people have been killed in Olle-Bunu, and the government just stands by. Few days after the last attack in Ayetoro-Kiri, bandits struck again—this time killing Williams Onimayin and Olowo Memonbiayere. Their deaths, like so many before, didn’t have to happen.
Let’s be honest, these tragedies keep happening for one reason: the government keeps failing at the one job that counts—protecting its people.
Olayinka Braimoh, a former governorship candidate and a son of the soil, didn’t hold back. He slammed the Kogi State Government for staying quiet and doing nothing while insecurity and bandit attacks keep rising. Braimoh said these latest killings could have been stopped if the government had acted fast after the Ayetoro-Kiri attack. Instead, they chose to ignore the danger, leaving communities wide open while criminals do whatever they want.
“How many more have to die before the state government pays attention?” Braimoh asked. He called the repeated attacks a tragic sign of neglect, failed leadership, and communities left to fend for themselves. In his view, any government that won’t protect its people doesn’t deserve to lead.
Braimoh put the blame squarely on state authorities, accusing them of pretending to care about security while rural areas like Bunu suffer the worst of the violence and loss. He said the lack of real security plans is nothing short of a betrayal.
He’s calling for a total security overhaul—send in real security forces, invest in local intelligence, get community leaders involved, and actually show where the security money goes. People deserve to know what’s being done—and what isn’t.
Braimoh also offered condolences to the families of the deceased and everyone in Olle cummunity, but he urged them not to keep quiet. “People deserve safety, dignity, and leaders who act—not leaders who just watch while lives are lost,” he said.
(Democracy Newsline Newspaper, December 21ST 2025)
