Pregnant woman, children among abductees as gunmen attack another Kwara community

At least 11 residents of Isapa community in Ekiti LGA of Kwara state were abducted on Monday by about 20 armed men.

The attackers, who reportedly came into the community alongside their herd, opened fire and carried away several residents, including seven members of a single family.

Among the victims are Fatima Yusuf, a pregnant woman, and two nursing mothers.

The other abducted residents have been identified as Talatu Kabiru, twenty years old; Magaji, six years old; Kande, five years old; Hadiza, ten years old; Mariam, six years old; Saima, five years old; Habibat; Sarah Sunday, twenty-two years old; Lami Fidelis, twenty-three years old and a nursing mother; and Haja Na Allah, also a nursing mother.

The incident comes just a week after gunmen attacked a branch of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) at Oke Isegun in the Eruku community, another town in Ekiti LGA bordering Kogi state.

Thirty-eight worshippers were abducted in that attack but have since been rescued.

Isapa and Eruku are about 20 kilometres apart.

Attempts to reach Toun Ejire, spokesperson of the Kwara police command, and Bola Olukoju, the state commissioner for information, for comment were unsuccessful.