Terrorists Kidnap 9 Passengers, Injure 3 in Separate Attacks on Kogi-Kwara Highway

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Terrorists, known as bandits, have escalated their attacks on the highway connecting Kogi and Kwara States, kidnapping nine passengers and injuring three others, including a commercial driver. The attacks, which occurred on Saturday between Egbe and Eruku on the Egbe-Ilorin highway, have left the community in fear. Two of the kidnapped passengers are leaders of a white-garment church, while others were traveling from Isanlu Makutu in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State to Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State.

Key Takeaways:

  • Nine passengers were kidnapped by terrorists in separate attacks on the highway connecting Kogi and Kwara States.
  • Three people, including a commercial driver, were injured in the attacks.
  • Two of the kidnapped passengers are leaders of a white-garment church, identified as Prophet Micheal and Iyabode Asubiojo.
  • The attacks occurred on Saturday between Egbe and Eruku on the Egbe-Ilorin highway.
  • A commercial vehicle was waylaid and fired upon, injuring two people, a Hausa trader and someone from the Egbe community.
  • The driver of the commercial vehicle is critically injured and in a hospital.
  • The police in Kwara and Kogi States have not issued an official statement about the incident.

Statistics:

  • 9 passengers kidnapped by terrorists.
  • 3 people injured in the attacks, including a commercial driver.
  • 41 communities in Edu and Patigi LGAs in Kwara State have been attacked, resulting in over 50 deaths.
  • 10 villages in Ifelodun LGA, Kwara State, have been deserted following repeated bandits' attacks.
  • 2 police officers and 2 vigilantes were killed on 10 September in Egbe community, Yagba West LGA.
  • 2 police officers were killed on 13 September in Ilafin-Isanlu, Yagba East LGA.

Sources:

  • "Terrorists Kidnap 9 Passengers, Injure 3 in Separate Attacks on Kogi-Kwara Highway" by PREMIUM TIMES (no date listed).
  • "Kogi, Kwara Suffer Worst-Day-Of-Year Horror as Bandits Kill Eleven In A Single Day" by PREMIUM TIMES (no date listed).
  • Statement from Egbe Mekun Parrot on Facebook.