Sallah: Unions move to ensure security

Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) and Ilorin Metro Peace and Security Initiative, have initiated moves to ensure security of lives and property in Ilorin Yidi praying ground and other parts of the state capital during the forthcoming eid-el-kabir celebration.
The Ilorin Yidi praying ground witnessed chaos during the 2015 eid-el- kabir prayers, when some miscreants hauled stones and sachet water at dignitaries after the prayers.
To prevent a recurrence, the unions at the weekend organised a stakeholders’ forum on security in Ilorin.
Declaring the forum open, the IEDPU president, Alhaji AbdulHamid Adi, decried last year’s disruption of prayers at the Ilorin Yidi praying ground and warned residents to desist from the ungodly act.
He said Yidi praying ground is a sacred place of worship which should not be desecrated for whatever reason.