Bandits Kill Elderly Woman We Dem Kidnap Because She Too Weak To Trek Kogi Forest

Suspected bandits don kidnap and k!ll one elderly woman, Mrs Elizabeth Olorunshola, for Ilafin-Isanlu community, Yagba East LGA, Kogi State. Di armed men attack di community on Saturday night, November 8, 2025, abduct di woman along Ilafin-Isanlu road and shot another person. Sources for di community yarn say di bandits shoot Mrs Olorunshola after dem see say she too weak to waka enter di forest go their hideout. Di bodies of di woman and di wounded man dem find for bush on Sunday, wey don scatter fear among residents, many of dem don relocate go safer communities.

After di attack, residents for Yagba East carry protest go street dey condemn di unchecked wave of kidnappings and bandit attacks for di area. Di President of Ilafin Development Association (IDA), Mr Idowu Awe, call di incident “very sad and disheartening,” while Hon. (Dr.) Joshua Dare Monday, Yagba East LG Chairman, promise say di perpetrators no go escape punishment. Dem don intensify security and surveillance to restore calm. Member representing Yagba East-West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Leke Abejide, extend condolences to di family and vow say di kidnappers and their informants go face justice. Di community dey mourn di loss, and many residents dey fear for their safety as bandits still dey terrorize di area.