FIC Report (Kwara State) – Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has received received 23 abductees who were recently freed by the Nigerian Army, commending President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the security agencies for their support.
The Governor congratulated the victims on their freedom and promised continuous efforts to rid the state of criminal elements who were behind their abductions.
“We thank God that you were all freed following the pressure from the security forces. We also thank the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his support and the Nigerian Army and other security agencies working together to achieve this success,” the Governor said at the 22 Armored Brigade HQ during the brief ceremony for official handover of the victims.
“We are glad to see 23 victims freed and presented today. We thank the Army and the Medical Centre here for looking after them since they were rescued.
“We’ve known their plights, and I assure that the government will support them in rehabilitation. The challenges we are going through, I can assure you, are temporary. Like the GoC has said, it is either they (criminals) leave Kwara or they die here. This is a state of harmony.”
AbdulRazaq appreciated the Army and the new Brigade Commander for the deployment of troops to the state to get rid of the hostile non-state actors, pledging sustainable support to the Armed Forces.
He said the government will deploy forest guards immediately the Army finishes the clean-up operation in the affected areas to maintain peace and pave the way for the return of farming activities.
Brigadier General Rume, for his part, acknowledged the support the troops have been receiving from the state government, and pledged to continue to mount pressure on the criminals until they were rid of the whole of Kwara state.
On the Governor’s entourage were the Chairman, Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Alhaji Abdullateef Gidado Alakawa, and the Senior Special Assistant on Security Alhaji Muyideen Aliyu.
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Fadeyi, B. A.
FIC, Ilorin.
