Tension as gunmen kill community head in Kwara

Gunmen have killed the head of Bororo community in Oro-Ago, Irepodun local government area of Kwara State.

Alhaji Sheidu Madawaki was killed on Sunday last week, Mouthpiece NGR learnt.

A family source said three gunmen stormed his residence around 9:30pm and shot him dead.

“They were three in number. One of them stationed himself outside the residence, shooting intermittently while two went into the house and shot him in his bedroom.”

The source said police and other security operatives visited the scene on Monday.

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has met with the Fulani community in the state, assuring them of fair treatment.

The Fulani in Kwara, like other communities in the state, will receive government’s protection and patronage in terms of infrastructure projects and social security programmes, the governor told them.

The meeting was attended by Fulani leaders and other representatives from across the 16 local government areas of the state.