Kidnappers Strike Kwara Community, Taking Five Hostages

Date: 2025-01-17

A kidnapping gang has abducted five people, including a woman, her daughter, a visitor, and two men, in the Odo-Eku community, Isin Local Council, Kwara State.

The Guardian understands that the incident occurred around midnight on Tuesday while villagers were asleep. The assailants reportedly invaded the community, firing shots into the air to create panic, causing residents to flee for safety. During the ensuing confusion, the five victims were taken hostage.

Sources revealed that the kidnappers headed into the surrounding countryside on Wednesday, prompting local vigilantes, hunters, and security forces to mobilise in pursuit of the criminals and to rescue the abductees.

Confirming the incident, a community leader, Odofin of Odo-Eku, Elder Ogundeji, said: “The victims are Hausa farmers who live in Odo-Eku. Among them are a woman, her daughter, another woman who was visiting, and two men.”

Ogundeji added that police officers had visited the crime scene and assured residents of ongoing efforts to rescue the victims. Spokesperson for the Kwara State Police Command, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the attack, noting that it occurred around 1:15 a.m. on January 15. She said the victims, comprising two males and three females, were taken to an undisclosed location.

“Immediate deployment of security operatives has been initiated. The Police, alongside vigilante groups, are actively working to secure the release of the abductees,” Ejire-Adeyemi said, promising further updates as the rescue mission progresses.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Amos Justus Sayo     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Ayo Salami     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Kwara Consultative Forum     Sabo-Oke     Siraj Oyewale     Durbar     Issa Baba     Cornelius Adebayo     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Akorede     Mohammed Halidu     Umar Adelodun     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Apado     KwaraLearn     Sunday Popo-Ola     Senate     Kwara Central     Kwara State Governor     Lanre Olosunde     MalHub     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Eruku     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Toyin Abdullahi     Ayobami Akanbi     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Face Masks     Oluwole Dupe     V.O. Abioye     Shonga     Onikijipa     Bank Of Industry     Adeniyi Ojo     Olam Food Ingredients     KWSIEC     Ajia-Bako     Toyin Sanusi     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Salami Adekunle     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     AGM Professional Services     Lanre Badmas     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Saka Isau     Adeleke Ogungbe     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Ilorin Curfew     Issa Memunat Moyosore     UTME     Tafidan Kaiama     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Kunle Okeowo     Kunbi Titiloye     Sayomi     Babajide Ajayi     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Shola Odetundun     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Makama Of Kaiama     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Oba-Solagberu     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     National Party Of Nigeria     Tunde Oyawoye     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Dankaka    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulraufu Mustapha     Wahab Issa     Dasuki Belgore     Ghali Alaaya     Kabir Shagaya     Owo Arugbo     Garment Factory     Lawal Jimoh     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Javed Khan     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Split Diamond Interchange     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Yusuf Mubarak     Idris Amosa Saidu     Adama Isa     Falokun-Oja     AIT Ilorin     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     UNIFEMGA     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Onilorin     Al-Ilory     Shuaib Olarongbe     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     CCT     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Sarah Alade     Hajj     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Kwara Pdp     Igbomina     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     BECE     Lanwa     Muhammad Yahya     Amina El-Imam     Osuwa     Matthew Okedare     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Esuwoye     Fola Consultant     Yakubu Shaaba     General Hospital     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Jide Ashonibare     Amoyo     The Herald     Grillo     College Of Education     School Of Nursing     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     CT Ayeni     Rotimi Oyedepo     Binta Abubakar Mora     Www.Kwarareports.com     Esinrogunjo     Bello Bature     Ahmed Bayero     Baba Isale     Olabode George Towoju     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     IPSAS     Salihu Yahaya     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Royal FM     Arca Santa     Lucky Omoluwa     Olatunji Bamgbola     Afeyin-Olukuta     NIPOGA