Saraki knocks Kwara government over spate of insecurity

Saraki

Former Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki has indicted the Kwara state government for being complacent about the security of the lives and property of residents in the state.Saraki, speaking at the weekend in Ilorin during the state Congress of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)said that the spate of killings, kidnappings, and the collapse of the security system in Kwara state is unprecedented

According to him:”in the last 12 months, about 70 people have been reportedly killed in Kwara North and South, while about 50 people have sustained various forms of injury from the assailants.

” Within the same period, about 42 people have been kidnapped. Also, over 25 communities have been sacked as the residents abandoned their homes in the same period. Under the present government, Kwara State is becoming a one-town state as people from the northern and southern senatorial zones are converging on Ilorin to escape becoming the next victims of the spate of insecurity.

“It has never been this bad in our state, known as the State of Harmony. The state government is living in denial and trying to suppress the facts, figures, and scenarios from coming out.

” They focus on accusing the opposition, which has been alerting the Federal Government and security agencies of the danger that now lurks in our communities, of playing politics with security.”

The former governor also noted that:”today, Kwara State is in a precarious state. Our state is being overrun by bandits, kidnappers, and killers who have waged a ceaseless, needless, and careless onslaught on our people. Vanguard