Kwara Government Presents N80m Cheques To Families Of Slain Forest Guards

The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has presented N80m cheques to families of the wood guards and vigilantes 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, respectively.

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

The politician saluted the bravery and patriotism of each the victims and prayed to 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 politician said successful Ilorin portion presenting cheques to the families connected Monday.

“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 president of Ifelodun section authorities area, Alh. Femi Yusuf, commended the governor’s gesture, which helium said volition spell a agelong mode successful ameliorating the suffering of the bereaved families.

He besides lauded the politician 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 security forces.