Fleeing
Boko Haram terrorists from the northeast part of Nigeria who were
dispersed by the Nigerian Army have invaded Kwara state leaving
residents in fear.
Boko Haram members captured by the Nigerian Army (File Photo)
Residents of Kwara state are in fear as fleeing Boko Haram members
have invaded the state. According to Vanguard, some items belonging to
the terror group’s members have allegedly been deposited in the
state.
The report reveals that at Agbeyangi, in Ilorin East Local
Government Area of the state, piles of foam numbering fifty,iron
beddings and several other household items abandoned by the road side.
A resident, who pleaded anonymity, told Sunday Vanguard that the
suspected terrorists were sighted bringing in the items but were
intercepted by members of the community and chased away,so they
abandoned the items by the road side.
“We actually tried to catch one of them,but we couldn’t because
they brought these things in the night.All of them escaped.But we have
informed the police of this development’, the resident stressed.
About two weeks ago, consequent upon the fall of Sambisa Forest,
Kwara State Police Command, in a statement, had alerted residents of
the state to beware of strange faces who might want to seek refuge in
the state under the cover of Boko Haram.
The statement particularly warned landlords to be very cautious of the kind of tenants to offer accommodation.
Contacted on the phone on the latest development, the state
Commissioner of Police, Mr Olusola Amore, said he was not aware of the
strange items abandoned anywhere in the state.
“I have not received any brief to that effect,but I will inform my officers in the CID to go there immediately, “he stated.
Amore, however, noted that those who abandoned the items might not be members of Boko Haram,but probably cattle rearers.
His words,”They might not necessarily be members of Boko Haram.
They could be cattle rearers who abandoned those items there,but I will
surely find out”.
Interestingly, close to the spot where the items were abandoned in
Agbeyangi ,Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Thursday, laid the foundation
ceremony of a private university,Darul-Kitab University, owned by Dr
Abdulkadir Solagberu.
The university, which will be wholly funded by the government of
Saudi Arabi, had been given licence by the Nigeria University
Commission(NUC)to commence infrastructural development.
Ahmed, speaking at the ceremony, requested for partnership and
cooperation from the Saudi Arabian government in the areas of
agriculture, education and manufacturing.
Proprietor of the university, Sholapgberu, said the institution had
secured an interim approval from the NUC to proceed on erection of
structures for the university.
He said the desire to establish the university was born out of the
passion to contribute to the growth and development of the community
just like he had done with Darul-Khitab College Wasauna located in
Ilorin.
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