{"id":72712,"date":"2025-08-11T07:43:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72712"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:43:49","slug":"terrorists-raid-kwara-town-kill-5-loot-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/11\/terrorists-raid-kwara-town-kill-5-loot-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorists Raid Kwara Town, Kill 5, Loot Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fear has gripped Babanla and neighbouring communities in Ifelodun LGA, Kwara State, after suspected members of the Mahmuda terrorist group launched a deadly weekend raid, killing five people, including a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said over 200 gunmen stormed the area on motorcycles from two directions, firing for nearly two hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Among the dead were a Miyetti Allah security commander, his aide, two civilians, and Police Inspector Adejumo Wasiu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The attackers overran the Babanla Divisional Police Headquarters, seizing weapons before looting the main market, stealing foodstuffs, and abducting an undisclosed number of residents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some officers reportedly fled through the station\u2019s rear fence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At least 3,000 people from Babanla and 15 nearby communities have fled their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Residents described the assault as highly coordinated, noting that fighter jets from the Office of the National Security Adviser killed several attackers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arrested suspects have been transferred to Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Locals urged authorities to sustain aerial and ground surveillance and called on community members to promptly alert security agencies when strangers are spotted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola &nbsp; Fear has gripped Babanla and neighbouring communities in Ifelodun LGA, Kwara State, after suspected members of the Mahmuda terrorist group launched a deadly weekend raid, killing five people, including a police officer. &nbsp; Eyewitnesses said over 200 gunmen stormed the area on motorcycles from two directions, firing for nearly two hours. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72714,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72712\/revisions\/72714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}