Insecurity: Kwara PDP expresses concern over influx of strangers

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of Kwara State has expressed concern about the increasing number of non-native residents in the state.

The group claimed that the foreign nationals beg, sell vegetables, and operate a commercial motorcycle company.

Ilorin and other big city dwellers in Kwara State have been keeping a wary eye on the massive influx of foreign immigrants into their state.

We’ve seen some very odd people scrounging for food, growing vegetables for sale, begging, and riding commercial motorbikes (Okada).

According to a statement released by the PDP’s spokesman in Ilorin, Prince Tunji Moronfoye, “Okada riders in Ilorin are now rather incognito, they wear various designs, colors, and identification numbers of their choices, some Okada riders don’t even bother with uniforms, some cover their faces, so that they can’t be recognized.”

It has been noted by the party that most of the foreign nationals do neither speak or understand Hausa, the language spoken and understood by the majority of the population in the northern states of Nigeria.

The PDP has urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to work with the Nigerian Immigration Service to register and regulate these individuals.

In light of “the current security situation with the escalation of aggressive messages from Niger Republic to Nigeria,” it urged residents of Kwara State to remain on high alert. In addition, kidnappings and homicides have increased significantly recently in Kwara State.

“We also “understand” state governor Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s reluctance to carry-out the registration before the 2023 general elections. He was allegedly hesitant because he didn’t want to alienate a sizable voting group.

The elections are over and he seems to have “won” re-election, therefore we need to think about our collective well-being and safety, the spokesman said.