Indigenes of Omugo neighborhood, Oro-In the past district within the Ifelodun Native Authorities Space of Kwara State have raised the alarm that the realm was now abandoned owing to incessant assaults from bandits and terrorists.
Representatives of the neighborhood, who spoke with journalists in Ilorin, yesterday, appealed for rescue of eight kidnapped worshippers on Sunday, March 22, 2026 and complete safety intervention in Omugo neighborhood.
Main the delegation of the neighborhood, coordinator and Secretary of the Involved Residents of Omugo, Balogun Oladiran Johnson and Adeniyi Olasunkanmi, respectively, stated that March 22 abduction was the third time in six months that “the shadow of terror has fallen upon our land”.
They added: “Reviews from contacts with the abductors point out that an preliminary ransom demand of N1 billion was made and later diminished to N150 million—an quantity far past the {financial} capability of the victims’ households and the neighborhood.”
The individuals, who stated the present state of affairs in Omugo neighborhood demanded pressing and coordinated intervention, added that safety of lives and property remained the elemental accountability of the federal government.
“The circumstances surrounding the kidnapping of those worshippers name for swift, decisive, and sustained safety motion that restores security, confidence, and dignity to the individuals of the neighborhood.
“We name for instant rescue operation. We urge the Federal Authorities of Nigeria, the Kwara State Authorities, Ifelodun Native Authorities, and all related safety companies to launch a coordinated, intelligence-driven rescue operation to safe the protected and unconditional launch of the kidnapped worshippers. The lives of those harmless residents have to be handled as a matter of pressing nationwide precedence,” they added.
Times Nigeria