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The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has condemned,in its strongest term, the mindless looting and destruction of some government facilities and business establishments across the city of Ilorin over the weekend by those it called unscrupulous people hiding under the guise of protest against police brutality.
The Union said that it was very clear that the criminality was perpetuated by hardened criminals and not the peaceful protesters who had conducted themselves with civility and decorum before the process was unfortunately hijacked as the victims of the incident also joined the Union in expressing doubt that any indigene of Ilorin could either partake or encourage such criminality.
A statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Union, Abubakar Imam, quoted the National President of the Union, Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi,as stating the position on Monday(October 26,2020) when he led a delegation of the National Executive Council of the Union on sympathy visit to victims of the unfortunate incident at their various places of business.
Alhaji Uthman,who led the delegation to the popular Shoprite on Fate Road as well as Fonemart and Femtech on Taiwo Road, among other places,said that the development was not only “a distasteful episode in the history of Ilorin but an instance that was completely at variance with the character and characteristics of the good people of Ilorin Emirate who are generally known as law-abiding and peace loving”.
Alhaji Uthman,while saying that the Union was perfecting a mechanism through which greater support would be granted the constituted authorities towards ensuring that its geographical jurisdiction is more secured,commiserated with the victims of the incidents.
