{"id":86201,"date":"2026-02-16T00:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/86201\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T00:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:47:06","slug":"bandits-kidnap-four-in-fresh-attack-on-kwara-community-channels-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/86201\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits kidnap Four In Fresh Attack On Kwara Community \u2022 Channels Television"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Suspected bandits have attacked Kakafu community, a remote settlement in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, kidnapping four persons.<\/p>\n

The attackers kidnapped four residents, including one man, a woman, and her two female children, during the operation that occurred at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, a situation that threw the community into confusion.<\/p>\n

According to information, the assailants, on arrival, opened sporadic gunshots into the air, thereby causing panic among residents, who scampered for safety.<\/p>\n

However, a source (names withheld) hinted that the assailants operated unchecked without resistance before they eventually whisked their victims to an unknown destination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did not kill anyone. They only abducted the four victims and fired indiscriminately to create fear and confusion among the villagers,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

A forest guard, on the grounds of anonymity, said residents were traumatised and fearful of another attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are still in shock. Panic has gripped the community because the assailants are believed to be hiding in nearby villages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: Tinubu Orders Deployment Of Troops To Kwara After Deadly Attack<\/a><\/p>\n

The spokesperson for the Kwara State Police Command, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, promised to get across as soon as she receives official information about the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not aware of the incident at the moment. Please, I will get back to you as soon as I obtain the necessary information,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She, however, had yet to do so as of press time.<\/p>\n

Kwara has been experiencing a series of attacks by gunmen who wreak havoc, kill people at will, and kidnap others for ransom.<\/p>\n

On February 3, gunmen suspected to be terrorists killed 170 people in an overnight attack on two villages in the Kaiama area of the state.<\/p>\n

The violence increased fears among residents that terrorists are pushing south along the Niger-Kwara axis toward the Kainji forest, which security analysts warn could become their next stronghold.<\/p>\n

Nigeria came under scrutiny after US President Donald Trump accused it last year of failing to protect Christians amid attacks and mass kidnappings.<\/p>\n

US forces struck what they described as terrorist targets on December 25.<\/p>\n

But the President Bola Tinubu-led administration says it is working with Washington to improve security and denies any systematic persecution of Christians.<\/p>\n

Tinubu said the new military unit would stem further attacks and protect remote communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Suspected bandits have attacked Kakafu community, a remote settlement in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[1128,2536,38631,49819,37049,122],"class_list":["post-86201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria","tag-attack","tag-gunmen","tag-kaiama","tag-kainji-forest","tag-kwara","tag-nigeria"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116077556008447865","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}