…..as Kwara govt orders investigation into the incident
By Dare Akogun
Ilorin the Kwara State capital was thrown into mourning on Saturday as the lifeless body of a 27-year-old new media personality and a student of Nassarawa State University Yusuf Mubarak, ‘authority’ a promising new media personality, was discovered in a pool of blood.
Mubaarak, a native of Ilorin, was said to have been last seen around the Federal Secretariat area, Federal Road, Ilorin, Kwara State.
He was declared missing on Friday, and fliers were made in a bid to search for him.
However, his lifeless body was eventually located around the Unity area of the state capital. on Saturday evening, and he has since been laid to rest according to Islamic rites in Ilorin amidst tears from friends, family, and associates.
Reacting to the incident in a press statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the Governor described the death as shocking and one under hazy circumstances, saying it must be investigated by security agencies.
The statement reads in part “Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq sends his heartfelt condolences to the family of Mubaarak, his friends, and all the youth constituencies in the state.
“The Governor, himself a father, strongly condemns the cowardly violence meted to the lad and demands immediate and thorough investigation into the death of the promising chap to arrest and bring his assailants to justice.
“No resources should be spared to get justice for Mubaarak and his family. We charge the security agencies to cast their nets as widely as possible to answer all pending questions around his painful death,” according to a Government House statement on Saturday night,” it stated.
The Governor prays Allah to grant Mubaarak Al-Jannah Firdaus and comfort his family and everyone who mourns the promising young man.
