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.

Adeleke Ogungbe     Awodun     MATTA Girls Foundation     Student Learning Support Helpline     International Vocational Centre     Magaji Erubu     Na\'Allah     Orire     Valsolar     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Ajia-Bako     Lithium Deposit     Mogaji Aare     Ishaq Salman     TETFUND     Mamman Saba Jibril     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Umar Saro     Fulani     Igbomina     Adebara     Agbarere     Tunji Olawuyi     Gbajabiamila     Cornelius Adebayo     Age AbdulKareem     Bursary     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Kwabes     Henry Makinwa     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Dunmade     Shaaba Lafiagi     Saka Keji     Kayode Laro     Lukman Adeloyin     Irepodun     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Clara Nwachukwu     Galland Marcias     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Yahaya Seriki     Wahab Isa     Shururat Olatinwo     Florence Saraki     Kwara-SAPZ Project     ARMTI     Ilorin South     Ibrahim Labaika     Ayobami Akanbi     Owo Arugbo     Lanwa     Abdulwaheed Musa     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Akume     Ghali Muhammed     Adanla-Irese     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Mufti Of Ilorin     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Ali Ahmad     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Segun Abifarin     Doyin Agbamu     Saraki     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Sulu Babaita Isiaka    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Muhammed Aliyu     Olatunji Ayeni     Tunde Kazeem     Okin Biscuit     Bureau Of Lands     Basit Olatunji     Unilorin     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Kemi Adeosun     Jaiz Bank     QuickWin     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     COVID     Www.Kwarareports.com     Esuwoye     Saeedat Aliyu     Haliru Dantoro     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Crystal Corner Shops     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Mohammed Haruna     Funmi Salau     Ita-Ore     Ilorin Airport     Oke-Oyi     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Kawu     Democracy Day     Umar Adelodun     Elerin Of Adanla     Yomi Ogunsola     Alaro     Kumbi Titilope     Kwara State Government     CCB     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Local Government Pension Board     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Tunji Olawuyi     T And K FOODS     Salaudeen Oyewale     Akeem Lawal     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Okedare     Jawondo     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Abatemi Usman     Forgo Battery     Umar Danladi Shero     Bamikole Omishore     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Bayer Nigeria Limited     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Vasolar     Oko Erin     Omoniyi     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Sunday Popo-Ola     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Sarah Jubril     Reuben Paraje     Hamza Usman     Dasuki Belgore     Sabitiyu Grillo     Wahab Abayawo     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Isiaka Oniwa     Funmilayo Mohammed