No LGA under siege of bandits — Kwara govt

By Demola Akinyemi

ILORIN — Kwara State authorities has said nary of its 16 Local Government Areas was nether the siege of bandits.

Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Bolanle Olukoju, who disclosed this successful a connection successful Ilorin yesterday, described the assertion by Peter Obi arsenic fake, asking him to bring down the station connected his X handle.

She described Peter Obi’s enactment arsenic irresponsible behaviour that would marque things harder for the information forces who already had capable connected their plates.

The commissioner, who urged the nationalist not to stock specified unverified information, said doing specified could origin panic, confusion, and intelligence trauma to the people.

The connection read: ‘’We privation to alert the nationalist to immoderate reckless claims that 9 section authorities areas of Kwara State are nether siege by the bandits. This is wholly false. No section authorities country is nether siege successful the state. “The unfortunate challenges we person had successful a fewer areas bash not warrant the wicked escalation and fake quality which are being promoted by absorption elements successful and extracurricular of the state.

“We person tenable grounds to fishy that these elements are the online promoters and equivalence of bandits arsenic they assistance to instill fearfulness successful the populace done fake quality specified arsenic the unfounded assertion of 9 LGAs being nether siege and question of gunmen successful parts of Asa LGA.

“We regretfully observe that Mr. Peter Obi has lent his societal media handles to spreading specified fake news. This is not expected from him arsenic a statesman. We petition Mr. Peter Obi to bring down the station arsenic it is wholly mendacious and inappropriate.

“We besides impulse members of the nationalist to debar sharing unverified information, which whitethorn origin panic, confusion, and intelligence trauma to the people.

“This irresponsible behaviour is making things harder for the information forces who already person capable connected their plates.’’

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