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Kwara: Group kicks against converting Yikpata NYSC camp to IDP

Posted by on February 26, 2026 0


Lafiagi Emirates Youth Transparency Affiliation, LEYTA, in Edu Native Authorities Space of Kwara State, has raised severe issues over the reported plan by the state authorities to convert the Nationwide Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Yikpata right into a refugee camp for displaced Fulani communities from the Kwara South Senatorial District of the state.

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In a press release launched on Wednesday, the group warned that such a choice may worsen the delicate safety state of affairs in Edu Native Authorities Space, the place residents have been grappling with frequent assaults, killings, and kidnappings.

LEYTA famous that many communities within the senatorial district are nonetheless traumatised by current violent incidents, together with the kidnapping of 176 residents from the Woro group and the killing and abduction of a number of individuals throughout assaults within the Gbugbu and Bachitagi communities.

In accordance to the affiliation, relocating displaced populations to Kwara North, notably to an space already experiencing insecurity, would place further strain on the area’s overstretched safety system.

The group questioned why the state authorities couldn’t contemplate different areas inside Kwara South or impartial services such because the Kwara State Stadium Advanced in Ilorin for non permanent lodging.

LEYTA pressured that Edu LGA has already endured repeated assaults and displacement, warning that any coverage that ignores the area’s safety realities may heighten tensions and worsen instability.

Its three main calls for to the state authorities embody the instant evaluate of the Yikpata choice, urging authorities to relocate the proposed camp to a safer and extra appropriate location; the pressing rescue of the 176 kidnapped victims from the Woro group; and the implementation of a complete safety technique for Edu LGA and the broader state, together with elevated deployment of safety forces, intelligence-driven operations, and stronger group engagement.

LEYTA emphasised that the problem goes past politics and centres on the security and survival of residents.

The group additional urged the state authorities to act swiftly and responsibly to forestall additional escalation of insecurity, warning that Edu LGA can’t carry one other burden below the present safety state of affairs.



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