This handout picture released by the Nigerian army on April 30, 2015 and taken this week in an undisclosed location in the Sambisa Forest, Borno state, purportedly shows a member of the Nigerian Army standing next to a group of women and children rescued in an operation against the Islamist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram hostages were held in atrocious conditions in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold, Nigeria’s military said on April 30 after nearly 500 women and girls were released this week. AFP PHOTO / NIGERIAN ARMY
By Boluwaji Obahopo
LOKOJA—A socio-cultural group in Igalaland of Kogi State, The Igala Heritage Foundation, IHF, has frowned at the social and moral decadence in the state, especially Igalaland.
The group said it has mapped out strategies to address the moral decadence, calling on the traditional institutions to collaborate with the group to fight the social menace.
Chairman of the foundation, Chief Ogwu Onoja, spoke yesterday, when the group paid a visit to the Attah of Igalaland, HRM Michael Ameh Oboni II, for royal blessings.
Responding, the monarch called for unity among Igala sons and daughters, enjoining the body to work collectively for the growth and development of the land.
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