The Government of Kogi State has condemned some politicians for celebrating the explosion that rocked the Okene area of the state on Thursday morning.
Raye24reporters, earlier reported that the incident which happened close to the old palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland left three persons dead and two others injured.
Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Security Adviser to Kogi state Governor, described the bomb explosion as the handiwork of enemies of progress.
Omodara said that the government received intelligence that an explosion was going to happen and immediately deployed security operatives across the state to be able to frustrate their efforts.
He, however, said despite the massive deployment of security operatives across the state, the terrorists still carried out their threat to distract President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state.
He said: “Unfortunately, in spite of that they, the enemies of progress, still tried to distract President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kogi by setting that explosion.
“All the same, the deployment and tight security around didn’t allow them to achieve their aim.
“This Government can authoritatively say that the cause of the blast was solely the act of misguided politicians and people who don’t want anything good for their state.
“We are aware of some disgruntled politicians celebrating the sad incident that happened today in Okene, where some innocent people lost their lives.
“As a government, we believe that issues of security must concern everyone, and until we all put our hands on deck, it will affect us in one way or the other.
“The people who died today are some persons’ children, brothers, or relations, so it must concern all of us.
“But for some politicians to celebrate the blast is very unfortunate and not the kind of politics that can move us forward in this state and the nation as a whole.”
