Kwara: PDP slams gov’s response to bandits attack

The Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State has criticised Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq’s response to the recent bandit attack on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area, describing it as cosmetic and devoid of concrete reassurance for victims.

In a statement issued in Ilorin on Wednesday, the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, faulted the governor’s reaction to the attack, which left at least 10 residents dead.

The PUNCH reports that assailants struck the Woro and Nuku communities late on Tuesday night, killing residents and setting several houses ablaze, forcing many villagers to flee.

Condemning the attack, the PDP described it as “gruesome, despicable, inhuman and callous,” noting that a former Students’ Union President of a tertiary institution in the state was among those killed.

“This is a wicked act that no human should ever inflict on fellow human beings,” the party said.

The opposition party said the incident once again exposed what it described as the failure of the state government to effectively tackle insecurity.

According to the PDP, Kwara state required far more than “propaganda, photo-ops and hollow sympathy messages” to confront insurgency and banditry.

“This incident is yet another reminder that what Kwara urgently needs is decisive, practical and people-oriented leadership,” the statement read.

Adewara said the governor’s official communication on the incident was “merely cosmetic and completely lacking in hope or concrete reassurance for the wounded victims and the devastated community.” Punch