Kwara Mourns As Bandits Kill 5 Forest Guards, Constitutes Security Committee

Armed bandits yesterday attacked Nuku community in Kaiama local government area of Kwara State, killing five forest guards.

LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered that the bandits entered the community at about 3:00am,  shooting into the air.

They reportedly destroyed property worth millions of naira  during the attack.

“They entered through their usual route in large numbers in the early hours of today, April 10 at Nuku and started shooting directly and within a short time, killed several innocent people, including the newly recruited forest guards,” a source told LEADERSHIP Weekend.

“In addition to the loss of lives, several properties were destroyed during the assault. The motorcycles belonging to the forest guards were set ablaze, while patrol vehicles operated by the mobile police were also burnt,” the source added.

The state police command confirmed the attack through a statement signed by its spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi,

It said, “The Kwara State Police Command confirms an attack on the Police Mobile Force Camp at Nuku Village, via Kaiama, during the early hours of today, 10th April, 2026.”

At about 03:45hrs, bandits launched a coordinated attack on the PMF Camp at Nuku village where five members of the National Forest Guard were fatally shot by armed bandits and an extensive damage done on a patrol vehicle belonging to police operatives before the PMF personnel in the camp repelled the bandits.

”The commissioner of police, Ojo Adekimi, has expressed deep sympathy to the families of the deceased and condemned the attack in the strongest terms.

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said he received with heavy heart the death of the forest guards as they repelled the attack.

The governor, in a statement signed by the special adviser on media, Bashir Adigun,

said the incident again underscored the threats  terrorists pose to communities and urged the military high command to tweak their strategies in the fight against them.

The governor has meanwhile constituted the Kwara State Security Strategy Committee comprising Kwara-born retired military generals and top security officers.

The committee consists of retired Major General G.A Wahab (chairman); Maj. Gen. Yemi Abidoye; Maj-Gen. Abubakar Ndalolo; Rear Admiral Aliyu Lawal; Air Commodore A.S. A Buhari; AIG Aderemi Opadokun; and Lt. Col. W.A Lawal.

The permanent secretary (General Services) Shuaib Abdulganiyu will serve as secretary of the committee.

Bandits had about two  months ago attacked  Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama  local government area, killing about 200 and abducting about 176 others.