Insecurity: Four bandits killed as troops, vigilantes free abducted victims in Kwara

Security forces have eliminated four bandits and rescued two abducted victims in Aboki community of Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara state, DAILY POST reports.

The security forces were immediately mobilised following local reports of kidnapping incident in the community on Tuesday night.

According to security reports, “Five armed bandits attacked the community to kidnap people but met their waterloo.

“They even took one Alhaji Tukur, but the security agents were able to neutralize four of the bandits, while one of them escaped with gunshot injuries.

“Alhaji Tukur and another victim were freed without injuries,” a local source disclosed.

The security forces have significantly scaled up response time as government doubles down in the anti-kidnapping campaign nationwide.

The development comes as a new army battalion has been approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for Omu-Aran, in the Kwara South Senatorial District, a strategic step to strengthen the campaign against terrorism and banditry in the region.