Army Orders Farmers to Evacuate Park Amid Escalating Bandit Attacks in Kwara
The Nigerian Army has instructed farmers operating within the Kwara portion of Kainji National Park to vacate the area as part of its intensified crackdown on armed bandits.
The military also announced plans to increase its troop presence in the region following recent attacks by the bandits in Kaiama Local Government Area (LGA). Over the weekend, at least seven vigilantes in the area were reportedly killed in a suspected reprisal attack by the armed groups.
The bandits, who are believed to have migrated from the north-east, have been terrorising local communities and disrupting activities in Kainji National Park for the past five years, particularly in the Kemangi region.
This prompted governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State to lead security chiefs in the State to Kaiama.
At the Emir's palace, the Governor assured the people of Kaiama of prompt action to clear off the armed bandits from the State.
The Emir of Kaiama, Muazu Omar, confirmed the presence of the armed bandits within his territory in the last 5 years.
He called for the establishment of a military base in the vast game reserve.
The General Officer Commanding, 2 division, Major General Obinna Onubogun who confirmed that the armed bandits were on a revenge mission asked the people to cooperate with the military to defeat the bandits.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Fola Consultant Olusola Saraki Henry Olaosebikan Akume LAK Jimoh Sabi Arandun Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi Elerin Of Adanla Doyin Agbamu Al-Hikmah University Yomi Adeboye Ayinde Oyepitan Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah Mohammed Yahaya Barki Olufolake Abdulrazaq Femi Gbajabiamila Olushola Saraki Abubakar Ndakene MMWG Femi Agbaje A.E. Afolabi Salman Alada Justina Oha Seun Bolaji Aliyu Salihu Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen Saka Balikis Kehinde Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede Toyin Falola Lawal Olohungbebe Chikanda Innocent Okoye Wahab Egbewole Bashir Adigun Ilorin Durbar Oloye Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh Local Government Suleiman Alege Kuranga AbdulRahman Saad Abdulsalam A. Yusuf Hassan A. Saliu Isiaq Khadeejah Bayo Lawal Abdulrasheed Lafia Gurei Abdulrauf Yusuf Abdullahi Atanda Agbarere Okeose Christian Cementary Rasheed Jimoh Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Pakata Patriots Osuwa Aiyedun Oba Abu Ayodele Olaosebikan Ahman Patigi Eleja Taiwo Banu Folashade Omoniyi Saheed Alakoso Saka Adeyemo Yaman Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Adekunle David Dunmade Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu Binta Sulyman Pilgrims Board Olayinka Jelili Yusuf Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Wahab Isa April 11 Bankole Omishore Wasiu Onidugbe Abdulhakeem Amao

