Crime
“Offa robbery case will be fast-tracked”
Governor-elect of Kwara has promised to interface with the police to ensure that those implicated in Offa robbery were promptly prosecuted.
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq said that he would ensure that the judicial process was logically concluded and perpetrators brought to book.
Abdulrazaq made the pledge at a media briefing on Sunday night in Ilorin where he delivered his acceptance speech amidst All Progressive Congress (APC) party supporters.
He noted that the state had become so insecure to the extent that banking operations had been suspended in the entire Kwara South senatorial zone, after the Offa robbery saga,
“This development is seriously affecting the economic development in the zone. We will interface with the Police to address the challenge of insecurity
“The Offa robbery where 33 people were killed, based on police investigation was linked to top government officials,’’ he said.
He also pledged that his administration will be accountable to the people and will not steal or loot the state’s treasury.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officially declared Abdulrazaq of APC winner of the Saturday governorship election having polled a total of 331,546 votes to defeat Abdulrazaq Atunwa of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 114,754 votes.
APC also won all the 24 seats in the Kwara House of Assembly.
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