Video: Kwara Community Rejects Mats, Buckets From Tinubu’s Govt

Residents of the Woro community in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State have rejected relief materials sent to them by the President Bola Tinubu-led government.

.....

According to Sahara Reporters, the community expressed outrage after a delegation reportedly sent by the Nigerian government arrived in the area with relief items such as mats, buckets and school bags for families affected by a recent deadly terrorist attack.

The residents rejected the items, describing them as an insult to their dignity, given the scale of the loss suffered by the community.

The delegation was said to have delivered the items in an ambulance, claiming they were sent by the government.

However, community members refused to accept the materials, insisting that their most urgent need was not relief items but security and the immediate rescue of their abducted relatives.

“We don’t need these things,” some of the residents were heard saying in the video. “What we want is security and the return of our people.”

The anger follows the reported killing of over 200 people in the area during an attack by terrorists suspected to be linked to Boko Haram.

In addition to the mass killings, at least 176 women and children were abducted during the attack and are still in captivity.

Community members said many of the abducted victims are wives and children of those killed, worsening the humanitarian crisis in the area.