VIDEO: Kwara gov visits injured soldiers, pledges N90m to officers

The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday afternoon paid a get-well-soon visit to six soldiers recently injured in a counterterrorism operation in Kaiama.

According to a Government House statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, “Several of the terrorists were eliminated in the fierce encounter in which three gallant soldiers paid the supreme price.”

The governor, who again announced N20m support for each of the fallen soldiers and N5m each for those injured, said, “The sacrifices of the security forces are priceless.”

Commending the quality of care and facilities at the Intensive Care Unit of the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital, one of his projects, AbdulRazaq thanked the security forces for their services to the country.

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