BREAKING: Terrorists Invade Kwara Community, Kidnap Four; Army Officer, Vigilantes Injured In Fresh Attacks

Ilorin,  Kwara State– Suspected terrorists have attacked Kakafu community in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, kidnapping four residents in a fresh attack.

A source to Afrika Eyes that the latest attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday.

Local sources said the gunmen stormed the community, firing sporadically before abducting four people to an unknown destination.

The identities of the victims were yet to be officially confirmed at the time of filing this report.

Residents described the incident as another disturbing sign of the worsening security situation across parts of the state, particularly in rural communities where armed groups now operate with little resistance.

A source who spoke to Afrika Eyes disclosed that the Sunday attack came barely 24 hours after another violent incident in the area.

On Saturday, suspected bandits reportedly attacked a vigilante and community guards’ checkpoint along Gamji Road in Gbugbu, also in Patigi Local Government Area.

The attackers reportedly opened fire on security operatives stationed at the checkpoint, leaving at least one officer of the Nigerian Army injured after he sustained a gunshot wound to the leg.

A vigilante operative was also struck during the assault and suffered a serious injury to the forehead.

“The bandits attacked the vigilantes and community guards checkpoint along Gamji Road, leaving at least one army officer injured after sustaining a gunshot wound to the leg. A vigilante officer was also reportedly hit and suffered a serious injury to the forehead,” the source added.

Afrika Eyes had reported earlier that terrorists belonging to Boko Haram sect, Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, have paraded no fewer than 176 abducted victims in Woro community, located in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The victims including women, children and a nursing mother, while accusing the state government of misleading the public about the scale of the abduction.

In a disturbing video obtained by Afrika Eyes,  one of the armed terrorists was seen parading the abducted victims in a bushy location while interrogating them about where they were kidnapped.

The footage showed dozens of visibly traumatised women and children standing in clusters, many appearing weak and exhausted, with their clothes dirty and worn.

Meanwhile, several children were seen without trousers, while others clung to their mothers.

During the video recording, one of the terrorists was heard asking the captives where they had been abducted from.

Responding in Hausa one after the other, three of the women, including a nursing mother carrying a baby, stated clearly that they were kidnapped from Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.

“We were kidnapped in Woro,” one of the women said in Hausa, while another added, “They took us from our community in Kaiama.”

The terrorist, who continued filming the victims, then accused the Kwara State Government of deceiving Nigerians and the international community regarding the number of persons abducted during the attack on the community.

According to him, contrary to official claims that only between 20 and 30 people were kidnapped, the actual number of abducted victims was far higher.

He said the government had “lied to Nigeria and the world” by downplaying the scale of the mass abduction.

In the video, the captives appeared frightened and helpless as they stood under the watch of armed insurgents. Several women were seen holding babies, while many children stood barefoot on the bare ground.