Kwara Gov. Deploys Troops To Clear Criminals Out Of Ile Ire Forest (PHOTO)

 

Abdulrazaq has deployed troops to flush criminals out of Kwara forest

 

EKO HOT BLOG reports that to eliminate criminal elements from the Ile Ire forest in Kwara State, an intensive combat operation has started

 

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This came after the State Government recently mobilized troops from the Nigerian Army to deal with alleged terrorists who had set up camps in the forest, which is located in the Ifelodun Local Government Area.

Images of troops combing the Ile Ire forest, and destroying some camps and hideouts of the criminals were sighted

 

According to a senior Kwara State government official, who asked not to be named, the clearance operation will not end anytime soon, till the terrorist elements are chased out of the State.

 

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He said: “This is an ongoing exercise, whereby the state government engages the security agencies, including the police, to prevent criminals from gaining any foothold in Kwara”.

 

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