Gunmen Strike Eruku Farmland, Kidnap Resident Just One Week After Mass Hostage Rescue

Date: 2025-11-30

Tension has resurfaced in Eruku, a community in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, after gunmen suspected to be terrorists abducted another resident on Sunday.

This incident comes just a week after 38 worshippers were freed following a mass kidnapping incident at a church in the same town.

It was learned that the attackers stormed a farmland along the Eruku-Koro Road around midday. The assailants, reportedly four in number and armed with AK-47 rifles and cutlasses, abducted the victim during routine work hours.

A community leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, identified the victim as Annas Aasanru, a native of Eruku.

The recurrence of attacks in Eruku underscores the persistent security challenges in Kwara State's border communities, despite President Tinubu's recent order for increased aerial surveillance in the region.

"They came with cutlasses and AK-47 rifles, invaded the farmland, and kidnapped a man identified as Annas Aasanru before escaping into the bush," the source said.

Kwara State has witnessed a surge in banditry in recent weeks, with two major kidnapping incidents occurring within just one week.

On November 18, gunmen attacked a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) branch in Eruku during its midweek service, killing three worshippers, abducting 38 members, including the pastor, and throwing the congregation into panic and chaos.

The bandits initially demanded N3 billion for the victims' release but later reduced the ransom to N760 million.

A few days after the Eruku attack, bandits struck the Isapa community in the same local government area, abducting 11 residents.

The gunmen, numbering more than 20, stormed the community with a large herd of cattle, firing indiscriminately. An elderly woman was reportedly hit by a stray bullet during the attack.

A community leader, speaking anonymously, said seven of the abducted individuals belong to the same family. The victims include a pregnant woman, two nursing mothers, and several young children.

On Monday, the Kwara State Government announced the release of the 38 worshippers who were abducted from the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Maigida     Jamiu Oyawoye     Musbau A. Akanji     Babajide Ajayi     Idris Garba     Baba Isale     Kale Bayero     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Offorjama     Kayode Yusuf     Lithium Deposit     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Harrison Osauwagboe     Oniwasi Agbaye     Mohammed Lawal     Oke Sunna     Temi Kolawole     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     CELF     Inside Kwara     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Abdulrauf Aliyu     BECE     AbdulHamid Adi     Hassanat Bello     Bukola Ajikobi     Ahmed Alhasssan     SSUCOEN     Modibbo Kawu     RTEAN     Ilorin East     Shonga Farm Project     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Yemi Sanni     Shonga     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Pacify Labs     Park     Ayinde Oyepitan     Ijagbo     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     NSCIA     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Abdullahi Atanda     Olatunji Bamgbola     Ahmed Dankaya     Basit Olatunji     Haliru Yahaya     Modupe Oluwole     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Femi Agbaje     Isiaq Khadeejah     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Toyin Sanusi     Umar Saro     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Segun Olawoyin     Shettima Of Ilorin     Surajudeen Akanbi     Tosho Yaqub     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Alapado     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Durosinlohun Atiku     Bashir Adigun     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Shehu Salau     CACOVID     Suleman Abubakar     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Sulyman Abdulkareem     YAKOOYO    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ado Ibrahim     Tunde Yusuf     Muslim Cementary     Kwara     Flights To Ilorin     Seed Technologies     Mukhtar Shagaya     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Shoprite     Abdulfatai Baakini     Oluwole Dupe     Olomu     Abdullahi Atanda     National Party Of Nigeria     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Oloriegbe     Osuwa     Bola Magaji     Obayomi Azeez     Yusuf Lawal     Dogara     EFCC     Rex Olawoye     Egbejila     Inside Kwara     John Obuh     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Arik     Toyin Falola     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Omu-aran     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Adedipe     Gwanara     Ibrahim Akaje     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Jebba     Grillo     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Tsaragi     Iqra Books     ER-KANG Mining     Kale Bayero     Abegunde Goke     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     CKNG     Al-Adaby     Afonja Descendants Union     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Roheemat Hammed     JAMB     Oke-Odo     Assayomo     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Tanke     Omu Aran     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Olayinka Are     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Chief Of Staff     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Ijagbo     Mohammed Abdulahi     Orisun Igbomina     Saad Omo Iya     Budo Egba     HYPPADEC     Charles Ibitoye     Mujtabah Bature     Hakeem Idris     Kunle Suleiman     Abdulkarim Adisa     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Playing Host