Sunday, December 28, 2025 -Suspected bandits on Friday evening reportedly invaded the Adanla community, a suburb of Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, and allegedly abducted no fewer than seven persons.
The attack, according to residents occurred around 7pm on
Friday, December 26, 2025, and threw the otherwise peaceful agrarian community
into fear.
A community leader in Igbaja and Coordinator of the Kwara
South Joint Community Security Watch Network, Elder Olaitan Oyin-Zubair,
confirmed the incident to The PUNCH on Saturday.
According to him, the armed assailants stormed Adanla in
large numbers, firing sporadically as they moved from house to house and
forcing residents into submission.
“At about 7:30pm, we received a report from Adanla-Irese, a
suburb of Igbaja, that bandits had entered the community,” Oyin-Zubair said.
“We immediately swung into action by mobilizing hunters and
vigilantes from Igbaja to the area. We also alerted the Brigade Commander of
the 22 Armoured Brigade, who directed his men around the axis to respond
swiftly,” he noted.
He added that soldiers later arrived in the community in two
operational trucks to support local security operatives.
“Unfortunately, before their arrival, the bandits had
already abducted eight persons and wounded a woman. They were shooting
indiscriminately to scare the locals,” he said.
According to residents, several people sustained injuries
while trying to escape, while many families fled their homes into nearby bushes
and neighboring communities for safety.
Efforts to get official confirmation from the police were
still ongoing as of Saturday morning.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Kwara State Police
Command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said she was yet to receive a detailed
briefing on the incident.
“I am yet to be properly briefed about the incident. I got
the information last night too, but as soon as I have details, I will get back
to you,” she said.
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