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There are few things more painful for a community than watching its children, teachers, and ordinary citizens taken from them. So when news broke that four persons were abducted during an attack on an unauthorized examination center in Olowa, Dekina LGA, the fear was familiar.

What followed, however, was different.

Within hours, a coordinated operation was launched. Joint teams of the Nigerian Army, DSS, Police, and local vigilantes moved into the forest. The pressure was sustained. And by the evening, the School Principal, the NECO official, and two students were found safe and alive.

That speed matters. In a country where kidnappings often drag into weeks of negotiation and silence, Kogi’s response signals a shift.

This Dekina rescue does not stand alone. Over the last two years under Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, the state has recorded a pattern of results:

1. March 2024: 43 bus passengers abducted outside Kogi were rescued, with the Governor publicly commending the security agencies involved.
2. February 2026: “Operation India” a two-week sweep dismantled over seven bandit camps and freed 16 victims, including a 65-year-old woman and her eight-year-old son.
3. May 2026: All victims taken from Daarul-Kitab Islamic Orphanage in Lokoja five boys, two girls, and two women were rescued.
4. Other cases: Scores more, including two women from Yagba West and Yagba East, have been secured and reunited with families.

What stands out is not just the numbers, but the method: joint operations, use of armoured vehicles procured by the state, and the deployment of local intelligence alongside federal forces. The government’s message has also been consistent no negotiation with criminals, and a promise that perpetrators will face the law.

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Of course, rescue is not prevention. The fact that an attack could happen at an unauthorized exam center in Dekina raises questions about regulation, community security, and early warning. And one operation does not erase the trauma of those who have suffered.

But as an outsider watching from Abuja, the trend is hard to ignore. Kogi is moving from reactive statements to visible action. The collaboration between state and federal security, the political will to fund logistics, and the decision to keep operatives in the field after rescues are all steps in the right direction.

For families in Dekina tonight, and for the parents in Lokoja and Yagba who got their loved ones back, this is not politics. It is relief.

If this tempo is sustained with more investment in intelligence and community policing — Kogi may be building a model other states can study.

The real test will be consistency. But for now, the rescue in Dekina, and the ones before it, suggest the tide may be turning.

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