VIDEO: Kwara Government Unleashes Thugs To Brutalise Peaceful Protesters Demanding Action On Kidnapped Relatives As Police Watch
The All Progressives Congress APC-led Kwara State government has come under heavy criticism after deploying political thugs to attack peaceful protesters demanding action on the spate of insecurity bedeviling the state under the watch of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
The protesters, majorly women and youths whose relative were abducted were protesting worsening insecurity in Oke-Ode, Ifelodun Local Government Area and other parts of Kwara State.
They had converged peacefully in front of the Government House to demand urgent action over sustained attacks by terrorists in their community and the continued captivity of their husbands and children, many of whom they said had been held in kidnappers’ dens for months without rescue.
However, they were attacked and beaten by thugs linked to the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the Government House in Ilorin.
A video on X shows the moment the assailants stormed out, swinging canes and flogging the women as they screamed and fled in panic.
The attack reportedly occurred in the presence of operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, who were accused by witnesses of failing to intervene.
In one of the clips, a woman, visibly shaken and crying, narrated how residents of Oke-Ode have been left at the mercy of terrorists, forcing the women to seek government attention as a last resort, only to be assaulted.
“Please help us, they have finished us with kidnappings in Oke-Ode,” she cried.
“We are poor people. We have exhausted all our means to confront this situation. All our efforts have ended. They kidnapped our husbands and our children. Please come to our aid.”
Another woman, whose husband was abducted about a month ago, was seen sobbing uncontrollably as she pleaded for assistance.
“It is one month now since my husband was kidnapped,” she said. “Please help us.”
Residents of Oke-Ode have repeatedly complained of unchecked attacks by kidnappers operating freely in the area, accusing authorities of failing to secure their lives and property.
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As of the time of filing this report, the Kwara State Government and the Nigeria Police Force had yet to issue an official response to the allegations.
Meanwhile, condemnations have trailed the situation with netizens and human right activists describing act as yet another testament to the tyrannical nature of the AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq administration.
