I Pray That The Souls Of Those That We Lost Yesterday Are Granted Places Amongst The Righteous Ones - Bukola Saraki.

Offa, Kwara State stayed in stun yesterday, 24 hours after a posse of thieves assaulted five banks and a police station in the town, leaving huge blood on their trail.

The Kwara State Police Command affirmed yesterday that nine of its work force were killed by the thieves.

Seven other individuals lost their lives in the assaults, representative for the order, Mr.Ajayi Okansanmi, told correspondents in a report on the disorder.


Informal records yesterday said the loss of life may have ascended to 23, including two policemen supposedly shot by the criminals in Okuku, Osun State while coming back from the activity.

Three vehicles were apparently surrendered by them.  Irate inhabitants required a prompt aud it of the security design for banks in Kwara State. Senate President Bukola Saraki, responding to the episode on his Facebook divider, called it a detestable demonstration conferred by barbarous people.


He said he had talked with Governor Fatah Ahmed on the improvement and them two concurred that no stone would be left unturned until the point when the brigands were found and indicted.
One of the losses was said to be pregnant. Sources gave her name as Omilola Korede.

She allegedly went to one of the banks to hold up a grumbling about an exchange.
She had gone to the keep money with her young child yet them two were showered with projectiles.
Three other ladies recognized as Bunmi Mesan, Iya Muji and Mama Big Club, were additionally slaughtered.


A survivor, who said he stowed away inside one of the banks amid the assault, was still in stun when he imparted his difficulty to our correspondent yesterday.
He stated:“My brother, it is not something to recall or witness. I don’t even pray it for my enemies.
“I saw death staring at me and others. I still can’t talk much about it.”

He argued not to be named.
The fundamental leader of the town, the Olofa, Oba Muftau Gbadamosi, was lost for words when he was reached yesterday. He said the annihilation that accompanied the theft was tremendous.


A colloquium on the group planned for now (Saturday) was moved to April 14, following the episode. Offa people group pioneers spent a lot of yesterday examining the theft episode and set out to hold a bigger gathering of Offa children and girls on Sunday, April 29.

Senate President Saraki stated: “Make no mistake, there will never be any valid grounds or rationale behind such violence that has left many families without their loved ones – and one more community in grief and shock.


“Last night, I spoke to Governor Ahmed to express my condolence on the lives that were lost in the attack, and we both agree that no stone will be left unturned until the perpetrators of this heinous act are caught and brought to justice.

“It is also important that we all work together to ensure that this does not reoccur. We all must co-operate at various levels to increase the security of our communities.

“I pray that the souls of those that we lost yesterday are granted places amongst the righteous ones.


“My prayers and support will continue to be extended to all the affected families, and we will remain relentless until everyone who planned or carried out this attack faces the full wrath of the law.”

The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, denounced the banditry, calling it boorish, dampening and corrupt.

He asked clerics over the state to utilize yesterday's Jumat benefit for uncommon supplications for the country, particularly Kwara State.


Requested to survey the circumstance yesterday, a security master, Mr. Banjo Famuyiwa, said he couldn't comprehend the low nearness of police work force in the town, given its huge populace and number of banks.

The Chief Executive Officer of PlaySafe Lifecare Foundation stated: “The number of policemen available to the community is low, given the population and number of banks.

“The police post is also very close to the road. There are no strong barriers. Once you branch off the road, the next thing is the station.


“In some countries, you allow banks to use their personal security, and I think we should do the same here instead of wasting the lives of our policemen again and again.

“There should be no law forbidding banks from having their own security.”

An Ilorin-based gathering, Kwara Rebirth Ambassadors requested a redesign of the security design of the state.

It stated: “This latest bloody bank robbery in Offa town has left in its trail several salient questions begging for answers, and it won’t be out of place to demand for a complete overhaul of the security architecture of the state, as the armed bandits have severally proven the porosity and poor policing of our inter-state borders among other noticeable shortcomings.


“A visit to Osun, Ondo, Lagos, Ekiti and other sister states will see the strategic positioning of Armoured Personnel Career (APC) in and around the state.

“That is a clear show of readiness to combat security challenges as it arises.

“Armed bandits, violent cultist, touts and thugs have combined to hold the state to ransom in the last 10 days in Ilorin and Offa.”

Additionally talking on the advancement, the Executive Director of Community Outreach for improvement and Welfare Advocacy (CODWA), Comrade Taiwo Otitolaye, said Nigerians ought to be concerned in regards to the ceaseless bank theft assaults in Offa.