KWARA KILLINGS: BANDITS SENT LETTER TO INFORM US AHEAD OF ATTACK — WORO VILLAGE HEAD
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By: Sefiu Ajape
The head of Woro Village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Umar Salih, has disclosed that bandits issued a warning letter to the community about a month before the deadly attack that claimed several lives, including those of his children.
Speaking in an interview with News Central TV, Salih said the letter was delivered to him on January 10 through the Hakimi of a neighboring village located about four kilometers from Woro.
“I received the notification on the 10th of January, around 7:45. When the man came, the man was Hakimi of a small village about four kilometres from my community. According to him, they abducted him and forced him to bring the letter or else they would kill him. And that is why he brought the letter to me.”
Salih said he promptly alerted security agencies after receiving the letter.
“When the letter got to me, immediately I went to the DSS in our local government headquarters. The following day, I took the letter to the Emirate Council, and the Emir Council studied the letter and sent it to the various appropriate quarters. That is what happened with regards to the notification.”
According to him, the letter contained no specific date or time for the attack but merely indicated that the bandits intended to come to the community to preach.
“The words they wrote in the letter were that they were coming down to preach. That is the content of the letter, but there was no date, no time.”
“They just said they were coming to preach, and that is just it.”
Salih further revealed that although soldiers were initially deployed to the area, they were later withdrawn following an earlier confrontation with the bandits.
“Initially, we had soldiers that were staying there. The bandits came over the night, and there was an exchange between the army and the bandits.”
He said the withdrawal of the troops left the community exposed, allowing the attackers to operate freely for several hours.
“Since then, they took away the soldiers, and that place remained open. There was no security present, and that is why they came and spent almost 10 hours to do whatever they liked.”
It was earlier reported President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s resolve to eliminate terrorism across the country.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the President described the attack on Worro community as disturbing and assured that those responsible would be held accountable.
Tinubu vowed that those behind the attack would be “pursued and brought to justice, just like other terrorists before them. They will not go scot-free.”
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