The Kwara State police command yesterday intercepted a lorry loaded with about 200 suspected Almajiris around Kanbi/Oloru/Bode-Sadu axis of Moro local government area of the state.
The lorry with registration number Kaduna MKA 54 XL and driven by one Shehu Hashim of Manigi in Niger State, was said to be conveying the ‘passengers’ from Funtua in Katsina State.
Spokesperson for the state police command Ajayi Okasanmi said “the lorry and the 200 Almajiri youths were escorted by fully armed policemen to the border of Niger and Kwara States from where they will return to Katsina State they claimed they came from.
“The command wishes to use this opportunity to solicit the cooperation of inhabitants of border communities in the state to always volunteer information on movements of vehicles/people on illegal routes traversing their communities.”