Protest Rocks Kwara Community Over Insecurity As Residents Accuse Government of neglect
The protest drew dozens of residents who marched through major roads in Lade, demanding government intervention and security presence.
Agroup of aggrieved women and children on Friday led a massive protest in Lade town, Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, against worsening insecurity that has left residents at the mercy of armed gangs
Chanting solidarity songs and waving placards, the protesters accused Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and lawmakers from Kwara North of abandoning them amid a surge in killings, kidnappings, and violent attacks that have gripped the region for months.
Some of the placards carried by the visibly angry demonstrators read: “Mr Governor, doesn’t our vote count?”
“Mr Governor, please rescue us now!” and
“Kwara North Representatives, what are you doing about these killings and kidnappings?”
The protest drew dozens of residents who marched through major roads in Lade, demanding government intervention and security presence.
Earlier, SaharaReporters reported that terror swept through Idofin Odo-Ase, a quiet community in Oke Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Thursday, after armed terrorists launched a deadly attack that left at least three people brutally murdered and forced residents to flee their homes in fear.
SaharaReporters obtained gory videos and photos showing the slain victims, two shot and one other stabbed, during the violent invasion that has again thrown the entire Kwara South axis into panic.
Witnesses told SaharaReporters that the gunmen stormed the community in the evening, shooting sporadically and attacking residents in their homes before escaping into nearby forests.
“They came suddenly, shooting and shouting. We ran into the bush, but three people were killed instantly,” a resident said.
“People are leaving the community this morning because we don’t know if they will come back.”
The community source added that no security operatives arrived during or after the assault.
We didn’t see police or soldiers. The killers moved freely,” he said.
“Everyone is scared. Families are packing their belongings and running to nearby towns.”
Meanwhile, SaharaReporters earlier reported how bandits stormed Efagi village, under the Lafiagi Emirate in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State on Friday.
The bandits kidnapped a man and his wife and injured a local vigilante.
The brazen attack, which occurred between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., underscores the ongoing security challenges facing rural communities in the region.
According to a resident who spoke to NupekoTV Lafiagi, the assailants opened fire indiscriminately as they entered the village.
During the chaos, the couple was forcibly taken from their home, while a member of the local vigilante group, who tried to fend off the attackers, was injured.
