Gunmen Kill Six, Injure Two in Baruten LGA; Vigilante Fatality in Kaiama

Date: 2025-04-23

Six people were killed and two others injured in a brutal attack at the Ilesah Baruba motor park in Baruten Local Government Area (LGA), Kwara State, following an assault by armed gunmen.

Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the Kwara State police spokesperson, confirmed that ten armed men launched the attack, opening fire indiscriminately at a relaxation area within the park. Six victims were killed, and two sustained serious gunshot wounds.

Ms Ejire-Adeyemi stated that a full-scale investigation into the attack has been initiated. She also reported a separate incident in Kaiama LGA on Sunday, 20 April 2025, where Yusuf Samba, a member of a vigilante group, was killed during a shootout with suspected bandits in Kainji National Park.

The Kwara State police spokesperson said three of the bandits were also killed, noting that an informant linked to the bandits has been arrested.

Ejire-Adeyemi warned that anyone caught aiding or abetting crime in any part of the state will face the full weight of the law.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Maryam Ado Bayero     JUSUN     Ajayi Okasanmi     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Lanre Issa Onilu     Kayode Ogunlowo     SSA Youth     Ashiru     Amos Sayo     Face Masks     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Saeedat Aliyu     Valsolar Consultoria     Emir Of Lafiagi     Alikinla     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Patience Jonathan     Okoolowo     Sabo-Oke     Usman Yunusa     Toyin Sanusi     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Kamaldeen Gambari     Lithium     Village Alive Development Association     Egbejila     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Sebastine Obasi     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Yemi Sanni     Ibrahim Labaika     Press Release     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Ibrahim Taiwo     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Police Commissioner     Durosinlohun Atiku     Sanusi Abubakar     Ilota     Irepodun     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Ahmad Uthman     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     GGDSS Pakata     SAPZ Project     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     African Democratic Congress     Awwal Jawondo     Wasiu Onidugbe     Aisha Gobir     Usman Alkali Baba     Muyideen Ajani Bello     NURTW     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Budo-Egba     Abikan     March 18     Nigerian Correctional Service     Ope Saraki     Government House     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Government High School Adeta     Biliaminu Aliu     Isiaq Khadeejah     Abatemi-Usman     Belgore     IHS Towers     Bank Of Industry     IQRA College     Jaiz Bank     Okin Malt     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Read With Me    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Valsolar     Islamic Development Bank     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Kamaldeen Gambari     Olupako Of Share     Tope Daramola     Olatomiwa Williams     TESCOM     Isau     Akume     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Chief Of Staff     Raimi Iyanda     Gbenga Adebayo     Muritala Olarewaju     Barakat Community Secondary School     Adegoke Bamidele     Cassava Growers\' Association     Bayo Onimago     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Kwabes     Ijakadi     UTME     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Zainab Abass     Oloyede     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Royal FM     Okin Biscuit     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     IYA YUSUF     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     High Court     Kehinde Boyede     General Hospital, Ilorin     Wasiu Odewale     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     MAI Akande     Yahaya Seriki     Sherif Sagaya     Yashikira     Samari     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Nupe     IHS     Innocent Okoye     Balogun Ajikobi     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Oba Abdulraheem     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Ahmad Lawan     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Oke-Ogun     Kassim Babamale     Ben Duntoye     Gani Saadu     Kayode Ibrahim     Arandun     Halimah Perogi     Alaro     Idowu Laro     Alfa Belgore     Suleman Abubakar     Florence Saraki     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Alapansapa     Aminu Adisa Logun     Jimoh Akani     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Baaziki Sulaiman     Offa Poly     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Justina Oha     Gambari