Kwara PDP Condemns Attacks On Rice Farmers In Edu LGA
…Demands Governor Abdulrahman’s Immediate Visit to Bokugi Community
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State Chapter, has condemned yet another barbaric attack by terrorists—this time on innocent rice farmers in Bokugi Township, Edu Local Government Area—where two of the four kidnapped farmers were reportedly killed in cold blood.
This latest attack comes barely 24hours after a similar attack in CAC church , Eruku community, painfully confirming the long time position of PDP that Kwara is now under siege and government has remained clueless and irresponsible in the midst of this alarming rise of insecurity across our state.
In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, the party described the repeated assaults on Kwarans as “a direct consequence of the Governor Abdulrahman's absence in the state , his incompetence, and disturbing cluelessness on the worsening security situation.”
Kwara PDP strongly condemns this senseless killing and commiserates with the grieving families, the people of Bokugi community, traditional institutions across Edu LGA, and the hardworking farmers whose lives continue to be shattered by criminal elements. Farming is already a difficult job; it shouldn’t be a death sentence in a state with a sitting government.
While Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has gone to Eruku for a condolence visit—an action that is afterthought —he must also immediately visit Bokugi community to restore hope, reassure residents of government attention, and demonstrate that the lives of Kwara North citizens matter just as much as those in any other part of the state.
Anything short of this further confirms the long-standing belief that Kwara Northerners have been abandoned by this administration. It is on record that despite the countless attacks, kidnappings, and killings across various communities in Kwara North—from Patigi to Kaiama to Edu to Baruten —the Governor has only visited the region once, and even then, merely to the palace in Kaiama without engaging the actual victims of the tragedy. This is unacceptable.
To us in the PDP, this is leadership failure and a total absence of human empathy from an absentee Governor who appears completely detached from the suffering of the people he claims to govern.
We believe Security challenges cannot be solved by mere press statements from Governor’s media handlers while the Governor enjoy opulence in Abuja.
We therefore call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently compel Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to relocate fully to Kwara State and take charge of the responsibilities he abandoned. No responsible leader leaves his state repeatedly at a time citizens are being killed, kidnapped, and terrorized. What Kwara needs today is leadership presence, not absentee governance.
The PDP reminds the Governor that the primary responsibility of government is the protection of lives and property. If he is truly serious about addressing insecurity, he must live among the people, feel their pains, hear their cries, and act swiftly in their defence.
We once again commiserate with the affected families and pray for the safe return of the remaining abducted farmers. Kwara PDP remains committed to standing with the people, amplifying their voices, and demanding accountability from a government that has failed to protect them.
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