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Members of Kwara State communities resident in Abuja have called on the Federal Government to immediately rescue more than 170 people still being held captive following a series of attacks by terrorists and bandits in Kaiama and Baruten local government areas of the state.
The appeal was made on Saturday during a security briefing organised by the Kaiama Development Association (KDA) and the Batombu Unity and Development Initiative Abuja (BUDIA).
Addressing journalists, the co-convener of the Kaiama and Baruten security briefing, Prof. Umaru Ishiaku Semo, said the worsening security situation in the two areas had claimed hundreds of lives, displaced thousands of residents and devastated livelihoods.
He urged the Federal Government not to allow the plight of the affected communities to fade from national attention.
“Our communities should not remain invisible because they are…
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