Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Ilorin metropolis from midnight today October 23rd, 2020.

The governor made the announcement after hoodlums besieged the premises of Kwara Ministry of Agriculture and looted relief materials being distributed to victims of a recent rainstorm in Ilorin metropolis.

The hoodlums, including females and teenagers, carried various dangerous weapons and chanted solidarity songs while looting the items.

According to the governor, the hoodlums’ actions cannot be defended under any guise, calling it a pure act of criminality by some persons hiding under the nationwide tension to commit crimes.

He stated, “I have just had an emergency security meeting with commanders of various security agencies in the state. This is to assess the situation in the state.

“Over the last few days, I had earlier met with the traditional rulers, opinion leaders, members of the student community, and many other stakeholders in the state.

“Our observation is that what has happened so far today was not a protest. It cannot be defended under any guise. It was a pure act of criminality. Some persons are hiding under the nationwide tension to commit crimes.

“The government has a duty to protect law abiding citizens and their properties. Lives are being threatened. Businesses are being looted.Public properties have been targeted. This is unacceptable. It is not who we are.

Unconfirmed Reports Of Shootings By Security Forces On Residents Carting Away CACOVID Palliatives In Ilorin

Unconfirmed reports have it that some people were feared dead on Friday evening after Nigerian security forces opened fire on looters at a warehouse holding relief materials for the coronavirus pandemic in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.

The incident has sent Ilorin into tension.

Witnesses said soldiers and police officers were amongst the security agents who opened live rounds on the warehouse after being called in by state authorities.

The police public relations officer in the state, ASP Ajayi Okasanmi did not respond to all calls put across to him.

It came as COVID-19 warehouses are being uncovered in Lagos and other parts of the country, prompting citizens to besiege and loot them.

Thousands of people in Ilorin in the early hours of Friday, mainly youths, stormed a warehouse where the Covid-19 palliatives were kept by the State government.

The warehouse, located inside the Ilorin International Airport, was bombarded by the people who got to know that the government was sharing some food items around Agric area of the city.

Having received information that the items being shared were transported from the main warehouse, our source hinted that a large crowd proceeded to the airport and forced their way through, overpowering the security on guard.

Meanwhile, the Kwara State government has condemned the attack on the warehouse, stating that such attitude “does not reflect the good nature of the people of the State”.

In a statement by the Commissioner for Communications, Harriet Afolabi-Oshatimehin, the government said the larger part of the palliatives were already distributed and that the looted leftovers were meant for only 1 local government and the most vulnerable amongst amongst the citizens.

The remaining palliatives in the terminal, which the hoodlums preyed on until chased away by security agencies, were meant for special vulnerable groups and just one local government where names of the beneficiaries have just been delivered and officials have started distributing when the street urchins breached the wall of the facility,” she said.

“It would be recalled that the CACOVID and the state government had since September 23rd flagged off the distribution of the palliatives. But it was meant for specific households, as dictated by CACOVID, and so names had to be properly generated to allow for transparent and orderly distribution.

“The actions of the hoodlums are condemnable and those already arrested would face the full weight of the law. The government would not tolerate anyone hiding under any guise to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere in the state. The government commends the security agencies for acting with restraint in the face of provocation by the hoodlums.”

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/10/23/kwara-governor-imposes-24-hour-curfew-in-ilorin/

https://dailytrust.com/6-feared-killed-in-fire-on-ilorin-palliatives-warehouse-looters

It's the igbos too baa


Some people don't have senses. They will never be bold enough to take responsibility for thier actions

Between the people and the governor, who is the looter? You hoard palliatives meant for the people and you expect no reaction?

Mad Governor!!

“It would be recalled that the CACOVID and the state government had since September 23rd flagged off the distribution of the palliatives. But it was meant for specific households, as dictated by CACOVID, and so names had to be properly generated to allow for transparent and orderly distribution.

You go fear lie na! Every state with its own lies.
Ndi ara!!

To all those thinking the looting can only happen here in Nigeria during a protest. Google the last UK protest, I think sometime around 2015 - 2016, stores were looted in London. Even during the beginning of the BLM protest, stores were looted. Looting is part of the protest, that is why the Government must be proactive when there is a protest.

Any tribal comment u encounter here, just know a goat herder from the jihadist zone is behind it

Guys beware!!!

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I think warehouse mining is now the latest "goldmine" in Nigeria.. Very lucrative business.. E dun even begin turn bloody..

God go help Nigeria.

Damnnn niggarrrr
The real niggarr is back

Na the looting una won stop talk. True
E pain them

Before you allow these ethnic bastards who are currently running amok around nairaland to convince you that the protests was designed by the Igbos against the Yorubas, remember that
1) Buhari's useless speechwas written by a Yoruba, Femi Adesina
2) All the tribes including Igbo and Yoruba participated in the protests
3) People, including Igbos and Yorubas lost their lives during when the army shot at peaceful protesters
4) Nigerians around the world protested for several days
5) The protests were peaceful until the government invited thugs who disrupted the protests.
6) There has been destruction and looting in other states, both in the East and West

This protest is a protest against bad governance. There was zero ethnic undertow. The government knows that unity between the Yorubas and Igbos will mean the end of their corruption and looting and so they've sent their BMC zombies to cause divisions between Igbos and Yorubas. Evidence abound online including videos of government vehicles being used to convey the thugs. DJswitch also made a live video of people getting shot but these zombies who have sold their soul for peanuts are here claiming no one was shot.

If anyone comes here to claim no one was killed, I pray to God, Allah, Eledumare, Sango to strike you dead

Logon59:
These are truly trying times. History will remember those who stood up for what is right in these pivotal times and kept saying the truth even when their voices were shaking. For those whose lies, deceit, backstabbing and corrupt hearts plunged a nation and it's people into darkness, posterity will never forget them when it's all said and done. Never.

Anarchy de loom

So na because the people collect wetin belongs to them dat is why una dey declare curfew?

Better

But why hoard those things in the first place? I don't support criminality, but if those in power refuse to do the right thing, they shd be taught how to do it.

If the curfew will calm the tension in the state, hmmmmmm

The question is why should covid-19 palliatives be kept instead of being shared.

Here's a video of the burnt BRT park in Berger


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vgjPM3Zu88

I reside in Ilorin and the curfew was as a regard of the looting that took place at shoprite mall, where various private businesses was vandalized and looted at about 8:30pm

Not just that alone various supermarkets, phone galleries around ilorin axis were also looted.

Snatching of cars at post office and challenge that night also.

Even people were still at customs office by 1am to still loot the place and burn it.

Permit me to ask, are the youths really ready to be leaders of tomorrow?

look my eyes Wella dis news concern me?

curfew here and there... they just don't want the youth to protest anymore

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
The real niggarr is back

My beloved brother, I hope you no follow cause kasala? Cos I know how much you hate Sars..

May God help Nigeria.

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Mheen! Even looting the government items or properties isn't a good act! Why?
When they are done looting government properties, they will come for the common man's own which we are already experiencing.
Also, common man might have to start from zero level which you and i don't pray for. So, it's necessary we condemn every looting acts. I come in peace!

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Polithiefcians hate the masses. They are wicked that they will always want to see you in penury. I spit on them

Anarchy season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdmDYfkEW38