Kwara Community griefs bandit attacks, asks govt to step up security operations

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin

The Oke-Ode Community Development Association (OOCDA) has expressed heavy interest implicit past Sunday’s bandit onslaught connected the municipality successful which astir 15 vigilantes and a colony caput were killed and astir 5 others Kidnapped.

The National President of the Community Association, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Ajala- Bello, successful a connection made disposable to journalists successful ilorin described the incidental arsenic dastardly and a telephone for intensified information efforts connected the portion of authorities and request for much vigilance connected the portion of residents of the community.

Alhaji Ajala-Bello, successful the connection issued connected his behalf by the National Publicity Secretary of the Association, Mr Kunle Akogun, commiserated with the families of the information officers and Bale of Ogba-Ayo that mislaid their lives arsenic good arsenic the wounded and those that were abducted successful the bittersweet incident.

He prayed for the peaceful repose of the psyche of the dead, speedy betterment for the wounded, and aboriginal rescue of the abducted.

The assemblage person noted that the tragic incidental had people sparked fearfulness and caused panic and unease among residents of the community.

He, however, appealed for calm arsenic each indispensable steps are being taken to enactment an extremity to banditry and kidnapping successful the Oke-Ode axis.

Alhaji Ajala-Bello further urged the residents to beryllium much vigilant and circumspect present astir question of strangers astir the assemblage and promptly study immoderate suspicious question to the information agents.

He besides appealed to some the Kwara State and Federal Governments to instrumentality much proactive steps to tackle the nefarious activities of the bandits terrorizing the Oke-Ode axis to debar a reoccurrence of the bittersweet incident.

He further appealed to the assorted information operatives to collaborate and enactment unneurotic towards putting an extremity to banditry successful the area.

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