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.

Halimah Perogi     Olatunde Olukoya     Ahmed \'Lateef     Oja-Oba     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Kehinde Boyede     Hamidu Olowo     Funmilayo Zubair     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Saliu Oluwole     Pacify Labs     Henry Makinwa     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Adisa Logun     Ilorin Metro Park     Fatimat Saliu     Omar Gambari     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Toyosi Thomas     IYA ALFA NLA     Alapansapa     Ayekale     Doyin Agbamu     Share-Tsaragi     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Oro Grammar School     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Bello Bature     Assayomo     Ayodele Shittu     Shao     Government House     Lai Mohammed     Dorcas Afeniforo     Olupako     Ahmed Dankaya     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Baaziki Sulaiman     Oko     Malete     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Salami Adekunle     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Dauda Adesola     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Voices Of Tomorrow     Awoye     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     CUTI     Umar Gunu     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Afonja     Bankole Omishore     SDP     Rueben Parejo     Jare Olatundun     Joseph Offorjama     Kale Belgore     Taofik Mustapha     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Logun     Ojo Isekuse     Olohungbebe     Doyin Group     AbdulRauf Keji     Tayo Awodiji     Maja     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Minimum Wage     Baruten     Omu-aran     Kwara South     Oba Abdulrahim     Wale Oladepo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Garba Dogo     Olusola Saraki     Segun Ogunsola     KWTV     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Oke-Ero     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Ethical College     Abubakar Ndakene     JAMB     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Anilelerin     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     JMK Construction Company Limited     Raheem Adaramaja     Laolu Saraki     Matthew Babaoye     NITDA     Ahman Pategi     Oya State     Kwara Metro Park     NIPOGA     Saidu Kawu     Yusuf Mubarak     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Adisa Logun     Ado Bayero     Awwal Jawondo     New Nigeria People’s Party     TIIDELab     Innocent Okoye     Afeyin-Olukuta     Labour Party     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Ilesha-Gwanara     Alapado     Ajuloopin     Olaoye B. Felix     Kwara South     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Olabode George Towoju     Nupe     Seun Bolaji     Metro Park     Okin Group     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Yahaya Dumoye     JAAC     Sabi     Akeem Olatunji     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Solomon Edojah     KWSUED     Olawuyi     Adaramaja     Mutawali     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Senate President     Gani Saadu     Nurudeen Mohammed     Kola Olota     Dele Belgore     Bisi Kristien     Isiaq Khadeejah     Elewu     Ayo Adeyemi     Kale Belgore     Council Of The Wise     Olatunde Jare     YAKOOYO     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Millennium Development Goals     Asa LGEA School     Gabriel Fashanu     Ibrahim Labaika     Durbar Festival