Bandits have launched another violent attack in Kwara State, abducting 11 residents, including a pregnant woman, nursing mothers, and several young children, during a raid on Isapa community in Ekiti Local Government Area on Monday evening.
The assault occurred just two days after the government announced the rescue of 38 worshippers kidnapped during an attack on the Christ Apostolic Church, Eruku, a nearby community that has suffered repeated incursions in recent weeks.
Residents said between 20 and 30 armed men stormed Isapa around 6 p.m., firing continuously as they moved through the town with a herd of cattle. An elderly woman was hit by a stray bullet, and homes were left riddled with bullet holes. Locals later recovered expended AK-47 shells across the area.
Community leaders, who requested anonymity for safety reasons, confirmed that 11 people were taken, seven of them from one family. The abducted victims include children as young as five, two nursing mothers, and a 22-year-old pregnant woman.
The victims were identified as Talatu Kabiru (20), Magaji (6), Kande (5), Hadiza (10), Mariam (6), Saima (5), Habibat (housewife), Fatima Yusufu (housewife), Sarah Sunday (22, pregnant), Lami Fidelis (23, nursing mother), and Haja Na Allah (nursing mother).
Witnesses reported that the attackers retreated through bush paths linking Isapa and Eruku to neighbouring settlements, leaving residents terrified and uncertain about what might follow.
Monday’s incident deepens tension along the Kwara–Kogi border, where communities have faced a surge of kidnappings and armed invasions.
Police authorities in the state have yet to release a formal statement or provide updates on the rescue effort, leaving families anxiously awaiting official word on the search operations.
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