AbdulRazaq Compensates Families Of Slain Forest Guards, Others With N180m

The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has presentedN 80m  cheques to families of the wood guards and vigilante who precocious mislaid their lives during encounters with kidnappers successful Babanla, Oke Ode, and Eleyin of Ifelodun and Isin section authorities areas of the state.

The politician has besides approved N100m enactment for the families of brave men successful Edu and Patigi who died successful an ambush successful July by kidnappers arsenic the erstwhile acceptable retired to face them successful the aftermath of abductions successful the area.

The politician saluted the bravery and patriotism of each the victims and prayed God to repose their souls.

“We commune for the souls of the deceased. It was an unfortunate incident. They died successful progressive service. Government cannot but sympathise with the families,” the Governor said successful Ilorin portion presenting cheques to the families.

“We volition bash the needful to support supporting them and making definite that the authorities is safe, and our state is safe.

“As you tin see, the subject has moved successful with afloat force. We look guardant to supporting the Nigerian Army and different information agencies arsenic they pursuit the criminals retired of the state,” helium added.

The gathering was attended by chairman, Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Alh Abdullateef Alakawa, elder peculiar adjunct to the politician connected Security, Alh Muyideen Aliyu,  president of Ifelodun LG, Alh Femi Yusuf president of Ilorin West LG,  Mal. AbdulRahaman Ladan, president of Asa LG,  Alh Shehu Yahaya; and families of the victims.

Alakawa and Yusuf, successful their abstracted remarks, commended the governor’s gesture, which they said volition spell a agelong mode successful ameliorating the suffering of the bereaved families.

They besides lauded the Governor for his unrelenting efforts to rout retired criminals and reconstruct a lasting bid successful the affected parts of the state.

The authorities has meantime supplied caller logistics support, including warring instrumentality and motorcycles, for the wood guards and vigilantes maintained by communities successful the flash points.

The caller logistics person positioned the wood guards and the vigilantes to amended haunt down the kidnappers and support their communities — a applicable complement to the efforts of the accepted information forces.