Gunmen Invade Kwara Community, One Killed, Three Abducted

Gunmen have kidnapped three persons and killed a chief in the Iwo community of Isin Local Government Area (LGA), Kwara State, after storming the town.

It was discovered that the gunmen attacked a filling station in the Sabaja area of the town around 9pm on Friday and abducted the manager and a security guard at the station as well as a cleric of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC).

The attack was said to be characterized by indiscriminate gunshots as residents ran helter-skelter for their dear lives. Also, a high chief of Sabaja, identified as Chief Raphael Adewuyi, was reportedly killed by a stray bullet in his room.

The Chairman of the Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) in Isin LGA, Tunde Fadipe, on Saturday said, “Three people including the manager of the Petrol station, the security guard and a pastor of a church were abducted during the incident, while a chief was hit by a stray bullet in his house during the operation.”

Fadipe said that the council, in conjunction with the police and other security forces, had mobilised the security to go after the gunmen and rescue the three people abducted.

The spokesperson for the Kwara State Police Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, also confirmed the incident. He said three people were abducted by the kidnappers at the petrol station in the Iwo community on Friday night.

Okasanmi said, “Three people were abducted at Iwo on Friday while one man was hit by a stray bullet in his house.

“We have sent our men and the vigilante members to go after the abductors and rescue the three people, but we are yet to record success. I’m sure that the three people are going to be rescued.”

He further said that he was uncertain whether the kidnappers had made contact with the families of the abductees.