Kwara Community Group Calls for Urgent Action Against Banditry in Asa Local Government

Date: 2024-11-11

According to Nigerian Tribune, the Asa Progressives Assembly, a civil society group from Kwara State's Asa Local Government Area, has raised alarms over the rising cases of kidnapping, banditry, and killings in Pampo village, a key farming community in the area.

Architect Kudirat Olohunoje, Director of Welfare and Public Orientation for the group, released a statement urging the Kwara State government and relevant security forces to take immediate action to safeguard the residents of Pampo and help restore peace and security in the region.

The group warned that unless swift action is taken, the area may become desolate, as people are fleeing en masse to escape the violence perpetrated by gunmen who have been operating for some time.

Olohunoje lamented the plight of farmers in the community, many of whom she said had invested millions of naira in commercial farming only to abandon their lands for fear of being kidnapped or killed.

In separate interviews, some residents and elders of Pampo village described the dire situation. “They recounted how dozens of individuals have been abducted, with three people recently kidnapped in nearby Igbaja town. A ransom of N30 million was reportedly demanded for the release of two of the victims. The community also mourns the loss of Lukman Balogun, the commandant of a local vigilante group, who was killed by kidnappers during an attack in September.

“Also, 20 people travelling in three different vehicles from Kwara to Kogi State were abducted by about 10 gunmen along the Osi/Obbo-Aiyegunle road in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state in August.

In a video clip shown to our correspondents by local residents, a vigilante officer, whose name was not mentioned, narrated how he was shot by kidnappers and left for dead in Isapa community.

In the video, the vigilante was heard saying, “Gunmen, dressed in military camouflage, abducted residents from different parts of the local government every three days.

“Four days ago, they kidnapped 10 people, and yesterday, they kidnapped another 10. They have just found the corpse of one of the kidnapped victims. The police have abandoned us,” he lamented

A resident of Pampo, Mrs Kehinde Olaitan, lamented that the assailants had made life unbearable for people in the area.

“They (kidnappers) have turned this area into a nightmare. Nobody is safe anymore because you can be inside your house, and they will walk in and kidnap you. The government should do something about our situation as the lives of people continue to be lost to these criminal kidnappers.”.

Similarly, Alhaji Abdulqadri Ahmadu, a resident of Pampo, expressed frustration with the unfulfilled promises by law enforcement officers to restore peace in the community.

“Despite the promises made by security agencies, we are yet to see any meaningful improvement. Criminal activities, including the raping of women and farm workers, stealing of farm produce, and maiming, continued unchecked. Many of our people have left the community out of fear,” he said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abiodun Abdulkareem     Prince Bola Ajibola     Kwara NIPR     Olayinka Are     Joseph Offorjama     Ganiyu Abolarin     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Budo-Egba     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Bolakale Saka     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Jare Olatundun     Sam Okaula     Balogun Ajikobi     Oba Abdulrahim     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Moshood Bakare     Shuaib Olarongbe     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Abatemi-Usman     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Bamikole Omishore     Moji Makanjuola     Mogaji Aare     Split Diamond Interchange     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     John Dara     ER-KANG     Rasheed Jimoh     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     VADA     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Sambo Murtala     Abiodun Oyedepo     Muhammad Yahya     Gbenga Olawepo     Kehinde Baale     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Halimah Perogi     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Kayode Zubair     CACOVID     Ridwan Agboola     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Baba-Isale     Lotus Bank     Kayode Ishola     Ahmad Ali     Alimi     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Funke Adedoyin     Oba Abdulraheem     Jaiz Bank     Kunle Okeowo     Young Progressives Party     SUBEB     Aminat Ahmed     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Frootify     Bukola Ajikobi     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Roseline Oni Aremu     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Muslim Cementary     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Seed Technologies     Labaeka     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Oye Tinuoye     John Olajide Adedipe     Ali Ahmad     Hausa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Owode Market     University Road     Danladi     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Siraj Oyewale     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Assayomo     Sardauna     Kwara Liberation Group     Mutawalle     Mohammed Abduraheem     Monkey Pox     Rafiu Ajakaye     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Iponrin     Bilikis Oladimeji     KWIRS     Mubarak Oladosu     Sebastine Obasi     New Naira Notes     College Of Education     KWASIEC     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     ER-KANG Mining     Tosho Yaqub     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Abdulkarim Adisa     SSA Youth Engagement     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Yemi Sanni     Ilorin West     Adebara     Vasolar Consortium     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Umaru Saro     Gobir Organization Foundation     Kabir Shagaya     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     PPS     Split Diamond Interchange     AGM Professional Services     Lawal Olohungbebe     Gaa Olobi     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Maigida     Olatunde Michaels     Ajikobi     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Quranic Recitation Competition     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Kwara South     Hajj     Sabo-Oke     Shao     Mustapha Olanipekun     Isiaka Gold     Ben Duntoye     Adekunle David Dunmade     Mohammed Lawal     Nigeria Customs Service     Offa Poly     Abdulkareem Alabi     Gabriel Fashanu     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Agbarere     Al-Hikmah Radio     Busari Toyin Isiaka     CUTI     Bashirat Bola Bello     Abiodun Oyedepo     FOMWAN     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Senate Presidency