Bandits have kidnapped a housewife identified as Rukayat and shot her brother-in-law, Abdulateef, after attacking Igbo Ofe Ora community near Oke-Ode in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
According to reports, the attackers invaded the quiet agrarian village around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, firing sporadically before whisking the woman away.
“The woman who was kidnapped is my uncle’s wife. It happened yesterday,” the source said.
“One of my elder brothers who stays with my dad was also attacked. He wasn’t killed, but he was seriously injured and is now in the hospital.”
The source, who insisted the attack was carried out by armed men he described as “Fulani attackers,” said the gunmen struck as his younger brother was returning to the village on a motorcycle.
“They went into the village. At that time my younger brother was returning from the village on his motorcycle. That was when they started shooting. Everybody fled, and they took my father’s younger brother’s wife away,” he added.
According to him, only Rukayat was taken, and the abductors have since contacted the family, demanding a N100 million ransom.
“We took my brother to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital yesterday, but the doctors were on strike. Since the government hospital staff were unavailable, we had to move my brother to a private hospital,” he said.
As of press time, security agencies had yet to comment on the incident, and tension in the community remains high.
In a related development, gunmen who attacked the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State on Sunday morning, November 30, 2025, have reportedly reached out to the family of the abducted pastor.
Sources close to the family said the kidnappers are demanding a ransom of N500 million for the safe release of the pastor and several worshippers seized during the violent raid.
