They Were Killed For Refusing To Succumb To A Converted Form Of Islamic Doctrine – Kwara Gov Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq

The Governor of Kwara state, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has confirmed the recent attack which took place in Woro and Nuku communities in the Kaiama Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday, February 3 and according to him, 75 persons were killed in the attack.

The terrorists stormed the villages at about 6pm and carried out massive destruction including setting the King’s palace on fire.

While speaking during a visit to the Emir of Kaiama on Wednesday, January 4, Governor AbdulRasaq, said that the villagers were massacred for refusing to surrender to the extremists. According to him, the villagers refused to succumb to a converted form of Islamic doctrine.

‘’I commiserate with you over the death of 75 of your subjects. Your emirate versatile and from information we are getting, this village refused to succumb to a converted form of Islamic doctrine.

They are nine under your emirate, abiding by the Islamic faith and basically did not want any alteration to the Hadith, pray to God pray to Allah and because they refused a change in doctrine and faith, they were attacked and massacred. It is different from what we used to see when subjects were kidnapped for ransom but this was just a pure massacre and must be condemned ‘’ he told the Emir and others during his address