{"id":125427,"date":"2026-02-06T09:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=125427"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:42:51","slug":"gunmen-kill-162-residents-in-kwara-communities-federal-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunmen-kill-162-residents-in-kwara-communities-federal-lawmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Kill 162 Residents in Kwara Communities-Federal lawmaker\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lawmaker representing Baruten\/Kaiama Federal Constituency in Kwara State\u00a0 Mohammed Bio, has narrated the scale of devastation following coordinated terror attacks on Woro and Nuku villages that left no fewer than 162 people feared dead.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on Wednesday, Bio said the massacre occurred on Tuesday and was allegedly carried out by Lakurawa, an armed group linked to the Islamic State, though he noted that no organisation has officially claimed responsibility.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the legislator, entire families were wiped out as gunmen stormed the communities in a well-coordinated operation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eyewitness accounts described how the attackers gathered residents, tied their hands behind their backs and executed them at close range, before setting homes and shops ablaze.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Kaiama-based politician, Sa\u2019idu Baba Ahmed, said many villagers fled into surrounding bushland despite suffering gunshot wounds, while several others were still missing, including the area\u2019s traditional ruler.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents told journalists that the assailants \u2014 believed to be jihadists \u2014 had earlier preached in the villages, demanding that locals abandon allegiance to the Nigerian state and embrace sharia law. The refusal of the communities reportedly triggered the violent onslaught.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to the tragedy, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq condemned the killings, describing them as a cowardly act by terrorist cells responding to intensified military operations in the region.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kwara State borders Niger State, where armed groups have expanded their presence in recent years, raising growing security concerns across the North-Central zone. The Nigerian military has said it has launched sustained operations to dismantle terrorist networks in the area.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kwara massacre one of too many attacks in northern Nigeria. 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