By Boluwaji Obahopo

LOKOJA—Kogi State Government has warned property owners and occupants of buildings found to be used for any criminal activity in the state, saying the state will henceforth visit them with the full power of the law.

State Deputy Governor, Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, who handed down the warning, said same had became imperative in the face of the illegal and criminal conversion of residential and commercial buildings to bombs and ammunition factories and shelters for those he described as “enemies of society” in recent times.

Awoniyi appealed to owners of buildings that had been converted from their original approved purpose to report to the state Town Planning and Development Board to immediately update their records and regularise the change in the use of their buildings.

Describing security as the responsibility of all, he called on the people of the state to report suspicious misuse of buildings and premises to security agents or relevant government institutions in the state.