Men suspected to be political thugs stormed the Kwara State Government House yestwrday, Dec. 29, to disperse women protesting peacefully over the spate of kidnappings in Ifelodun Local Council of the state.
The women, armed with placards, descended on the seat of power on Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin, to plead with the governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to do more to save the Oke-Ode community from bandits.
However, amid their protest, more than 30 men, armed with horse whips, canes, rubber, wire and other weapons, suddenly alighted from an unmarked vehicle and began beating the women.
This sent the protesters running in different direction, with some falling into the gutters.
The thugs were also filmed forcefully collecting their placards as they assaulted them.
Kwara indigenes have gone on different platforms to condemn the thug attack. Some accused the state government of working with thugs.
