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.

Kaosarah Adeyi     Iyeru Grammar School     Dairo Kunle Paul     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Baruten     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Face Masks     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Rafiu Ajakaye     Osinbajo     Olatunde Olukoya     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Kwara Central     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     NNPP     Bayo Ajia     Kola Bukoye     Bisi Oyeleke     Iyabo Adewuyi     Musibau Akanji     Bello Oyedepo     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Yunus Oniboki     Wahab Abayawo     Roseline Oni Aremu     Abdulwahab Oba     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Okeose Christian Cementary     Gbenga Adebayo     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     PPS     Balikis Jawondo     Isiaka Yusuf     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Durosinlohun Atiku     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Mansur Alfanla     Seni Saraki     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Jimba Babatunde     Aminat Omodara     Muhammad Yahya     Medview Airlines     Gobir Organization Foundation     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     NURTW     Gbenga Awoyale     Amuda Bembe     COEASU     Adaramaja     Seed Technologies     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Damilola Yusuf     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Nurudeen Muhammed     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Police Commissioner     Amos Justus Sayo     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Kwara Politics     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Ilesha-Gwanara     Third Estate     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Lanre Olosunde     YAKOOYO     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Olatunji Ayeni     Zainab Abass     Mohammed Abduraheem     Igbomina     Amuda Musbau    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulrazaq Sanni     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Temi Kolawole     Onikijipa     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Wasiu Onidugbe     Gbemisola Saraki     Abdullahi Biffo     Towoju     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Ope Saraki     Ibrahim Abiodun     Maigida Soludero Transit     Rafiu Olasile     Senate     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Siraj Oyewale     Sambo Murtala     Earlyon Technologies     Kwara State Sports Commission     Olayinka Are     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Omu Aran     Kayode Ogunlowo     Olatunji Bamgbola     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Age AbdulKareem     Kamoru Kadiri     Bamidele Aluko     KWASAA     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Elerinjare     GRA     Yakubu Gobir     Mohammed Lawal     Emir Of Ilorin     Pius Abioje     Okin Biscuit     Babs Iwarere     Ilorin General Hospital     Talaka Parapo     David Oyedepo     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Yaman     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Zaratu Umar     Micheal Imoudu     Saliu Mustapha     Damilola Yusuf     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Obasanjo     Leke Ogungbe     Iqra Books     MalHub     Igbaja     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Ike Ekweremadu     Patience Jonathan     YAKOOYO     Balogun Fulani     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Olupako Of Share     AbdulRahman Saad     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Yinka Aluko     Illyasu Abdullahi     George Innih     Sunday Otokiti     Shero     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Saka Saadu     Abdulmutalib Shittu