UPDATED: Death Toll Surges To 50 As Bandits Over Run Kwara Community

By Balogun Arisekola Azeez, Kaiam Kwara state 

Following bandits attack in Woro and Nuku communities of Kaiama local government area of Kwara state, Tuesday evening, Soldiers and Forests Guards have taken over the communities even as death toll in the affected communities has risen to over Fifty.

Credible source in the local government who spoke with African Culture TV on condition of anonymity, confirmed the development in a chat on Wednesday morning.

“The casualties are over fifty as we speak and soldiers and Forests Guards have taken over the two communities.

“It’s such a very sad development at a time we think we are having peace from the bandits attacks of the past,” the souce said.

Recall that bandits in a renewed onslaught attacked Two communities of Woro and Nuku in the Kaiama local government area of Kwara state on Tuesday evening.

African Culture Television reliably gathered that many families lost their loved ones in the violent attack, while several houses were reportedly set ablaze by the hoodlums.

It was further gathered that the bandits have been going around the neighbouring Niger state villages preaching for dropping of Nigeria Constitution before they infiltrated the affected communities in Kaima local government of Kwara state.

“The angry bandits open attack indiscriminately on the congregation and no fewer than fifty residents of the two communities died, few of them escaped.

They should be preparing mass burial for them as we speak.”said the local source who pleaded not to be mentioned her name.

Meanwhile, the state government, through a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, confirmed the bandits attack .

CPS to the Kwara state governor said that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq mourned victims of the Kaiama attack, saying that security forces had continued to improve on counterterrorism operations.

“Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is saddened by the cowardly attack on civilians in Woro and Nuku communities of Kaiama Local Government Area.

“The Governor condemns the attack, which he says is a cowardly expression of frustration by terrorist cells following the ongoing counterterrorism campaigns in parts of the state and the successes so far recorded.

“Governor AbdulRazaq says the attack was apparently to distract the security forces who have successfully hunted down several terrorist and kidnapping gangs across many parts of the state.

“The Governor expresses heartfelt condolences to Woro and Nuku communities on the sad incident, especially the families affected in the

Tuesday attack”, he said.