Kwara Attack: Survivor Dies, 7 Recuperating

One of the survivors of the bandits’ attack on Woro community in Kaiama local government area of Kwara State is dead.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the deceased simply identified as Ligita died on Friday at a hospital in Kainji, Niger State where he was receiving treatment.

It was gathered that the deceased was one of the three injured survivors who were taken to Kainji hospital for treatment.

LEADERSHIP learnt that another five survivors were recuperating at an hospital in Ilorin, the state capital, making it eight survivors that were in the hospital as against the 50 survivors earlier reported by the media.

One of the survivors who spoke with LEADERSHIP on his hospital bed in Ilorin on Saturday, Joshua Dame, said the bandits ambushed him and other four persons at their work place and opened fire on them.

“I dodged the bullets targeted at my head. The bullets however hit me on the leg, but I managed to escape. My biological brother and other three friends were not lucky as they fell to the bandits’ bullets,” he said.

Another survivor, Ahmed Usman, also recounted how he managed to escape from being killed by the bandits.

The survivors undergoing treatment at the Ilorin Hospital are Danjima Bago, Usman Ubangudu, Josuha Dame, Ahmed Usman and Sunday Son.

The councillor representing Gwanabe Ward 1, Kaiama, Hon. Usman Mahmud, confirmed to LEADERSHIP that there were only five survivors on treatment at the Ilorin Hospital.

The member representing Gwanabe/Gwaria in the state House of Assembly, Hon. Saidu Baba Ahmed, said only eight survivors were undergoing treatment at both Ilorin and Kainji hospitals; five in Ilorin and three in Kainji.

“We have five survivors receiving treatment in Ilorin. They are responding to treatment,” the councillor said.

For his part, Hon. Saidu Baba Ahmed said, “It’s not true that there are 50 survivors undergoing treatment in Ilorin Hospital. There are only five survivors in the hospital and three in Kainji Hospital. One of the three people receiving treatment in Kainji hospital died on Friday”.

Speaking further, Mahmud (councillor) said 80 shops were razed with goods worth billions of naira, adding that Woro hosts the second largest market in Kaiama local government area.

He confirmed that Woro has been deserted as most shops and residential buildings were razed.

“We need government help. We want the government to rehabilitate the community and help people who have lost their property. Woro has the second largest market in Kaiama local government area. Property worth billions of naira were lost as we have a single shop that had N200 million goods inside it. About 80 shops were razed with the goods inside them,” he said.