Just in: Bandits launch fresh attack on Kwara community, kidnap 11, including pregnant woman

In less than a week, bandits killed scores and kidnapped 38 worshippers – now freed – in Eruku community in Kwara state, a fresh attack in another community, Isapa, has resulted in the abduction of 11 residents.

Both Isapa and Eruku communities are in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state.

According to Channels TV, the gunmen, numbering more than 20, stormed the community with a large herd of cattle on Monday, firing shots indiscriminately.

An elderly woman was reportedly hit by a stray bullet during the incident.

A community leader, who confirmed the incident under anonymity, said that 11 people were abducted, with seven victims belonging to the same family. The kidnapped victims include a pregnant woman, two nursing mothers, and several young children.

Identities of the abducted individuals have been identified as: Talatu Kabiru (Female, 20), Magaji (Male, 6), Kande (Female, 5), Hadiza (Female, 10), Mariam (Female, 6)

Others included Saima (Female, 5), housewife, Habibat; housewife, Fatima Yusufu; a pregnant woman, Sarah Sunday (Female, 22); Lami Fidelis (Female, 23, nursing mother), and Haja Na Allah (Nursing mother).

Eyewitness accounts had it that the attackers moved through parts of the town, leaving bullet holes in walls and doors. Expended AK-47 shells were found scattered across the community after the gunmen fled.

Police authorities are yet to issue an official statement on the incident.

The latest attack on Isapa community in the Ekiti Local Government Area comes six days after gunmen struck the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC).