Sen. Sunday Karimi hails President Tinubu on quick response to Kwara attacks
Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West, has welcomed the massive security reinforcement order in Kwara given by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu following fresh attacks by bandits in a Kwara community.
The Monday night’s attack on worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State, a boundary town with Kogi, forced Tinubu to shelve his scheduled trip to the G20 meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, and an AU–EU Summit in Luanda, Angola.
The postponement of the trips would enable the President to get further security briefings on the 25 kidnapped schoolgirls in Kebbi State and the killing of two persons during the attack in the Kwara community.
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Karimi, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, hailed the President for delaying his trips and issuing the marching order to the security agencies.
In a statement, the senator also called on Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman and his Kogi State counterpart Usman Ododo to work together and ensure the safety of lives and properties in their domains.
According to him, the latest attack by bandits on a worship centre in Eruku underscored the importance of strengthening the local government areas, being the closest to the grassroots.
“Governors have been foot-dragging in allowing the councils to enjoy full autonomy for reasons best known to them. If allowed to function, councils should be able to protect people within their localities,” the senator said. “Allowing local government full access to their funds will reduce banditry as council chairmen will utilise part of their funds in engagement and arming local vigilantees in fighting banditry, instead of these funds being filtered away through phony contract awards that are never executed but paid for in some state of the federation”.
Urging Nigerians to rally behind the President’s resolve to lift the country to loftier heights, the senator noted that enemies of progress have been encouraging banditry in their bid to pit Nigerians against Mr. President.
