Lockdown: Police Intercept Truck Laden With Lagos-bound Almajiri Kids

The Kwara State Police command said it had intercepted a lorry carrying at least 200 almajiri children who were destined for Lagos.

Ajayi Okasanmi, Police spokesperson in the state, said the lorry conveying the young people took of from Funtua in Kastina state.

Okasanmi said the lorry, driven by one Shehu Hashim, was intercepted at Kanbi/Oloru in the Moro Local Government Area of the state.

He said, “The Kwara State Police Command, acting on intelligence, intercepted a lorry with registration number Kaduna MKA 54 XL driven by one Shehu Hashim of Manigi in Niger State conveying about 200 suspected almajiri at Kanbi/Oloru area of the Bode Sadu-Okoolowo Expressway.

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“On interrogation, they were said be coming from Funtua in Katsina State”

Okasanmi said the lorry and the 200 almajiri, at the behest of the CP, was subsequently turned back and escorted by fully armed to the border of Niger and Kwara.

“On the instructions of the CP, the lorry and the 200 almajiri were escorted by fully armed policemen to the border of Niger and Kwara from where they will return to Katsina State they claimed they came from.” he said