Tension in Kogi as Police arrests Hon Faleke brother for criticising Gov

​ Outrage in Kogi as Police arrests Faleke’s kinsman, Funsho There is palpable tension in Kogi State, following the arrest of former chairman of Ijumu LGA of the state, Funsho Olumoko by the police, in his Ekinrin Adde residence at about 1.30am on Tuesday. We gathered that Olumoko was taken to an unknown destination. Olumoko, who is described as brother to James Faleke, the running mate to late Abubakar Audu in the 2015 Kogi governorship election, had addressed a press conference yesterday, where he was critical of the state governor, Yahaya Bello. Heavily armed police officers were said to have come in four Hilux vans, used a ladder to climb the fence, smashed the doors of the residence, broke into the ceilings and eventually took Olumoko. Recall that during the press conference, Olumoko had on behalf of the community condemned Governor Bello for trying to repaint and rename the primary health centre built in the community by the federal government as far back as 2007 as a new project to be commissioned by the governor’s wife on Tuesday. He said: “There is no justification for whatsoever visit by Alhaji Yahaya Bello or his wife to our community now, in view of the circumstances sorrounding the mandate which he presently holds, the status of our son, Hon. J A Faleke, in the last governorship election as the perceived rightful owner of the governorship mandate, and consequently the likely security implication of such a visit to Hon Faleke’s home town under the prevailing circumstances. “The idea of the visit was fraudulently conceived to find an excuse by Alhaji Yahaya Bello to rub insult on the injury inflicted on us as a community by the daylight robbery of the mandate freely given to Audu/Faleke joint ticket of which our son, Hon J A Faleke is the only living rightful custodian of that mandate.” According to him, “the health centre was constructed with a collaborative effort of the federal and Ijumu Local Governnments in 2007