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Kwara gov, Abdulrasaq
No fewer than 17 persons have been abducted in a fresh attack on Isapa on Monday evening, by a gang of bandits numbering about seven. Isapa is about 5km to Eruku in the same Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, where bandits attacked a church last week Tuesday, during an evening church service killing three, while 38 were abducted.
The community was savoring the release of the abductees on Sunday morning, when another attack occurred in the neighbouring Isapa community.
Vanguard reliably gathered that the attack occurred around 7 p.m. on Monday, when the armed bandits stormed the community with a large herd of cattle.
The gunmen, it was gathered, reportedly fired sporadically as they advanced, forcing residents to flee for safety.
Sources close to the town told journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday that an elderly woman was reportedly killed by a stray bullet during the assault.
A community leader, who pleaded to remain anonymous, confirmed the incident, saying 11 people were initially abducted. Seven of the victims belong to the same family.
The kidnapped victims include a pregnant woman, two nursing mothers, and several young children.
The initial 11 victims
The abducted individuals have been identified as:
Talatu Kabiru (Female, 20)
Magaji (Male, 6)
Kande (Female, 5)
Hadiza (Female, 10)
Mariam (Female, 6)
Saima (Female, 5)
A house wife, Habibat
A housewife, Fatima Yusufu
A pregnant woman, Sarah Sunday (Female, 22)
Lami Fidelis (Female, 23, nursing mother)
Haja Na Allah (Nursing mother)
Six more
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