Bandits kill pregnant woman, police officer; 8 others kidnapped in fresh Kwara attack

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin

One large pistillate and a constabulary serviceman were changeable dead, portion 8 radical were kidnapped successful 2 abstracted incidents successful Kwara authorities connected Tuesday.

Though Commissioner of police, Adekimi Ojo, confirmed the decease of the constabulary officer, Salisu Shamaki, astatine Agbonran, successful Ifelodun section authorities of the state, successful an interrogation with Vanguard, efforts to corroborate the sidesplitting of the large woman, and the Kidnappings of 8 persons successful Patigi section authorities were unsuccessful astatine property time.

Vanguard reliably gathered that a truckload of bandits attacked Matokun Village successful Patigi LGA successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday, successful an cognition that lasted for astir 4 hours.

It was besides gathered that the fearfulness of a imaginable onslaught earlier the bandits unleashed panic connected the assemblage connected Tuesday had near the assemblage astir deserted.

Prior to the onslaught connected Tuesday, Vanguard was reliably informed that the assemblage had reported the imaginable onslaught by the bandits to the Army portion successful the area, but it was not heeded.

“No subject serviceman could face the bandits during the astir four-hour raid of the community, adjacent though the soldiers

had been briefed connected the imaginable attack.

“The assemblage was near to their religion arsenic nary azygous subject antheral responded to the outcry for assistance from the villagers, lone to beryllium told aboriginal that they were waiting for reinforcement from Lafiagi.

” said the root who craved anonymity

The root claimed that,”One Pregnant pistillate was changeable dormant and 5 others sustained assorted degrees of injury. Currently, 1 of the victims was referred to Teaching Hospital Ilorin for due treatment, arsenic the wounded sustained by the unfortunate is beyond what could beryllium managed successful General Hospital Patigi

“Twelve (12) radical were initially kidnapped. Four escaped on the way, and 8 others (8) are inactive successful captivity. No circumstantial request has been made truthful far.

“Urgent decisive authorities enactment is required to prevention Patigi and Edu LGA communities from further attacks”

Similarly, chartless gunmen killed the constabulary orderly, Corporal Salisu Shamak,i portion 3 different policemen were missing astatine Agbonran successful Ifelodun section authorities country of Kwara State.

Shamaki was attached to a Chinese miner successful the country wherever the onslaught occurred.

A credible root told Vanguard that the Chinese miners escaped unhurt, portion the whereabouts of the 3 policemen inactive remains unknown.

Armed bandits had, successful caller times, invaded Ifelodun aft guiltless members of the public, including policemen, looting among different transgression activities successful the area.

The State Governor, Mallan Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, had mobilised the authorities information apparatus to the area.

Also, the Nigerian Army Sobi barracks, Ilorin, has precocious approved a guardant operational basal successful the country to stem the activities of the bandits successful the country and reconstruct normalcy.

Other stakeholders, including governmental bureau holders and assemblage and taste organisations, had intensified information measures with the section vigilante and the information agencies to reconstruct bid to the area.

The Sources further said that the Corpse of Shamaki was billed to beryllium taken to Niger authorities aboriginal Wednesday morning, but it added that the Kwara State Police Commissioner, Adekimi Ojo, had not signed its awesome to merchandise the Corpse for burial successful his location State.

The deceased, Shamanki, a 30-year-old, constabulary enlisted into the unit successful the 2017/2018 session, hailed from Mariga section authorities country of Niger authorities with a large wife.

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