Kwara fire service boss condemns attack on firefighters during rescue missions

The Director, Kwara State hearth service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, has condemned the Friday assault on firefighters all through the rescue operation of a suspected cultist who dived proper right into a river close to the scene of arrest in Ilorin, leading to his dying.

PRESS INFORMANT research that the sad event befell on Friday at Surulere/Baboko house of Ilorin, the state capital.

The two firefighters who sustained extreme accidents all through the assault had been acknowledged as Muhammed Alabi and Rafiu Yahaya.

A press launch by the spokesman of the state hearth service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle in Ilorin, talked about ” The hearth service responded to a rescue title at about 11:15 am on Friday.

” Immediately the sufferer was recovered from the river lifeless, the firefighters had been attacked with golf gear and dangerous weapons which led to 2 sustaining completely totally different ranges of accidents,” the assertion added.

The state director expressed unhappiness over the incessant assault on firefighters throughout the state each time they reply to emergency calls.

He appealed to group and traditional leaders throughout the state to take accountability for educating and cautioning their people on the need to stop the dastardly act of attacking firefighters on duty.

PRESS INFORMANT recollects {{that a}} suspected cultist dived proper right into a river in Ilorin to evade police arrest on Friday, which led to a protest by his gang members.

They allegedly blocked the road and disrupted the free flow into of holiday makers throughout the house.

The deceased suspect, reportedly jumped out of the police automobile whereas being conveyed to the police station after his arrest and dived into the river.