Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq.
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, says some
politicians are sponsoring some angry youths in the state to
overthrow his government.
He disclosed this on Sunday while inspecting some looted malls
in Ilorin the state capital, describing the situation as sad and
handiwork of disgruntled persons.
“Behind the ideas (of angry youths) are people with ideologies
of trying to overthrow the government, loot the country or trying
to take some sort of advantage the legitimate concerns of
#EndSARS,” he said.
After inspecting the damages inflicted on business outfits by
hoodlums and looters hiding under the guise of EndSARS protesters,
Governor Abdulrasaq announced a N500 million fund to assist owners
of looted businesses.
While condemning the looting of people’s businesses on Friday
and Saturday, the Kwara leader said there can be no justification
for such criminal behaviour.
“We are therefore not going to leave the business owners like
that. We are setting up a N500 million fund for those that were
affected, to access.
“The application form is live and active on the state
government’s website and can now be filled by interested parties.
We are going to get them back on their feet as soon as possible,”
he added.
Today I visited the sites of some of the
businesses that were looted by hoodlums. What I saw was
disheartening. We will help the owners of these businesses get back
on their feet. We’ve set up a N500m fund that they can apply for by
clicking https://t.co/sjzIntIC6E pic.twitter.com/9WGpR9l7UL— Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (@RealAARahman) October 24, 2020
He sympathized with owners of all the businesses affected,
adding that the incident may bring businesses to their knees and
cause massive loss of jobs and a surge in the poverty rate.
He was also at the Agro mall where the materials meant for the
flood victims in four local governments were kept before being
looted.