Oke-Ode killings trigger calls for state of emergency in Kwara

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA – The Kwara South Youth Congress (KSYC) has called connected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to state a authorities of exigency successful Kwara State pursuing worsening insecurity successful the region.

The entreaty comes aft equipped assailants killed 15 people, including a accepted leader, successful Oke-Ode, Ifelodun Local Government Area, past Sunday.

In an unfastened missive addressed to the President, the KSYC described the concern arsenic ‘dire’ and said galore communities successful Kwara South person been forced to relocate owed to repeated bandit attacks.

The connection was signed by Dr Oluwatobi Afolayan, President of the KSYC, and Mr Bashir Adejare, the group’s Public Relations Officer.

“Since January, implicit 200 individuals from large towns successful Kwara South person been kidnapped, with Ifelodun being peculiarly hard-hit. Communities specified arsenic Babanla, Oreke, and Ganmu Aliheri person faced repeated attacks, forcing residents to wantonness their homes,” the missive noted.

The radical said the Oke-Ode killings underscored the urgent request for national intervention.

“On Sunday, 28 September 2025, 15 radical including a Baale were killed and respective others kidnapped by chartless assailants. Local vigilantes who attempted to support the municipality were changeable dormant pursuing the withdrawal of subject support,” it stated.

The KSYC further linked the rising attacks to the reported question of equipped groups into Kwara earlier this twelvemonth done bluish introduction points. It warned that the situation, if unchecked, risked displacing much communities.

The radical recommended 4 measures: the instauration of a dedicated information unit to tackle kidnapping and banditry, sensitisation of agrarian communities connected information awareness, impermanent relocation of subject bases to affected areas, and the signing of decease warrants for convicted convulsive offenders.

“We judge that with timely intervention, Kwara South tin beryllium stabilised and lives secured,” the KSYC added.

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