2 Arrested As Kwara Community, Hoodlums Clash Over Arrest Of Kingpin
Suspected hoodlums and some residents of Babanla community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State clashed yesterday over the arrest of a kingpin.
Daily Trust gathered that the incident, which occurred on Sunday has created tension among the affected residents.
It was gathered that the kingpin, whose name could not be ascertained at press time, was arrested for the offence of what a police source described as “fomenting trouble”.
But a member of the community, Barrister Muftau Yusuf told our correspondent on Monday evening that the issue was between some Hausa residents and hoodlums who are also Hausa.
He said “They have constituted themselves into a group and demand payment of around a thousand naira or thereabouts from their kinsmen when they are taking their farm produce to the market for sale.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in Kwara, Ejire Adetoun Adeyemi confirmed the incident during a chat with our correspondent on Monday evening.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Yinka Aluko Bareke Shettima Of Ilorin KWAFFA KW-GIS Haruna Tambiri Mohammed Mahmud Babatunde Baker Akanbi-Oke Fatai Adeniyi Garba Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf UNILORIN Alumni Association Suraj Tunji Oyewale Kayode Issa Erubu Oba Zubair Haliru Dantoro Aisha Ahman-Pategi Abdulkadir Orire Kamaldeen Gambari Lanwa Isapa Daud Adeshola Curfew Inside Kwara Kayode Laro Ajidagba Kwha.gov.ng Face Masks Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran Okin Biscuit MAI Akande Maigida Nigerian Correctional Service Share-Tsaragi Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum 2023 Elections Saduki Lafiagi Bello Bature Sun Qing Rong IYA YUSUF Abdulfatai Ahmed Wahab Abayawo Aliyu Kora Sabi Kehinde Boyede Mohammed Abdulahi KFA Tayo Alao Abatemi Usman Ahmed Bolaji Nagode Abdulrasheed Lafia Tunde Mukaila Mustapha Okedare Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan Siraj Oyewale Mary Arinde Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Abubakar Baba Hassan Taiye Salam RTEAN Shettima Garba Idris Ajia Kanu Agabi Olofa Of Offa Suleiman Alege Kuranga Sheu Ndanusa Usman Simeon Sayomi AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem Mahee Abdulkadir Kemi Adeosun Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Shonga Farm Project Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory Gbajabiamila Saka Asiat Ayinke Saka Abimbola Isau Alabe Baboko

