Police stops 200 suspected Almajiri from entering Kwara
The Kwara State police command has today, made a remarkable exploit by distructing plan of no fewer than two hundred suspected Almajiris (200) from invading the state.
In a statement signed and made available to TheInformat247 by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, the police acting on intelligence, intercepted the travellers and deported them to where they claimed they were coming from.
The statement stated further that on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police, Cp Kayode Egbetokun, the Lorry and the 200 Almajiri youths were escorted by fully armed policemen to the border of Niger and Kwara State from where they will return to Katsina State they claimed they came from.
The statement revealed that the intercepted Lorry, with Registration No. Kaduna MKA 54 XL, was been driven by one Shehu Hashim of Manigi in Niger State.
The lorry was said to be conveying about 200 suspected Almajiri at Kanbi/Oloru axis of Bode Sadu-Okoolowo express way.
On interrogation, they were said be coming from Funtua in Katsina State.
The state police command, however, advocated for support of the inhabitants of the Kwara State border communities to always voluntee information on movement of suspected illegal vehicles or people.
The statement reads in part, “The Kwara State Police Command, acting on intelligence, intercepted a Lorry, with Registration No. Kaduna MKA 54 XL, driven by one Shehu Hashim of Manigi in Niger State, conveying about 200 suspected Almajiri at Kanbi/Oloru axis of Bode Sadu-Okoolowo express way.
“On interrogation, they were said be coming from Funtua in Katsina State.
“On the instruction of the Commissioner of Police, Cp Kayode Egbetokun, the Lorry and the 200 Almajiri youths were escorted by fully armed policemen to the border of Niger and Kwara State from where they will return to Katsina State they claimed they came from.
“The Command wishes to use this opportunity to solicit the cooperation of inhabitants of border communities in the State to always volunteer information on movements of vehicles/people on illegal routes traversing their communities, please.
