SaharaReporters gathered that the gunmen, who were heavily armed with sophisticated weapons, invaded the community around midnight on Sunday. They fired several gunshots into the air to terrorise residents before seizing their victims.
Suspected terrorists have struck again in Kwara State, abducting a woman and a girl during a midnight raid on Maganiko Ndanangi, a community under the Lafiagi Emirate in Edu Local Government Area.
SaharaReporters gathered that the gunmen, who were heavily armed with sophisticated weapons, invaded the community around midnight on Sunday. They fired several gunshots into the air to terrorise residents before seizing their victims.
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the attackers operated unhindered.
“They came around 12 midnight, shooting everywhere. People ran into the bush. They kidnapped two people, a married woman called Aisha, popularly known as Gogo, and a 16-year-old girl named Amina. They took them away to an unknown location,” the resident said.
The latest abduction comes hours after the Emir of Lafiagi in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Kudu Kawu, was accused of unleashing political thugs and palace-backed security operatives to stop youths from protesting against the rising wave of terror attacks in the community.
SaharaReporters learnt that the youths had mobilised for a massive protest scheduled for Monday to draw the attention of both the state and federal governments to the growing insecurity across Kwara North, especially in Edu, Patigi, and Lafiagi communities.
The residents alleged that since news of the planned protest leaked, the Emir had unleashed his foot soldiers and security agents to harass and threaten them.
Early this month, SaharaReporters had also reported how the traditional ruler threatened journalists and media practitioners to stop them from reporting on the worsening insecurity in the state.
A source within the emirate, who spoke to SaharaReporters on condition of anonymity, revealed that the monarch summoned journalists to his palace, where he warned them against further reporting incidents of terrorism and bandit attacks in the area.
According to the source, the Emir claimed that he was acting on the orders of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State.
