Violation Of Inter State Travel Ban: Kwara Police Command Intercepts 200 Almajiris

By Steve Oni, Ilorin

Kwara State Police Command, acting on intelligence, has intercepted a lorry with Registration No. Kaduna MKA 54 XL, driven by one Shehu Hashim of Manigi in Niger State, conveying about 200 suspected Almajiris at Kanbi/Oloru axis of Bode Sadu-Okoolowo express way.

According to the Kwara state Police Public Relations Officer Ajayi Okasanmi, when the suspects were interrogated by the police, they said they were coming from Funtua in Katsina State.

On the instruction of the Commissioner of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the PPRO said the lorry and the 200 Almajiri youths were escorted by fully armed policemen to the border of Niger and Kwara State from where they would return to Katsina State they had claimed they came from.

The Command has therefore solicited 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, adding that the measure taken by government against inter state travels was to curb community spread of coronavirus, not only in Kwara state but also the entire country.