Barely a week after 38 abducted members of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Oke-Isegun, Eruku, were rescued and taken to Ilorin for medical attention, bandits have struck again in the same community, abducting a farmer identified as Annas Aasanru.
The latest attack occurred on Sunday, deepening fear in a community still recovering from repeated violent incidents. The church members had regained freedom after five days in captivity, during which three people were killed. They are currently receiving medical support provided by the Kwara State Government at a hotel in the GRA area of Ilorin.
Confirming the new abduction, spokesperson of the Kwara State Police Command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said security operatives received a distress call around 2:00 p.m. indicating that four armed men stormed a farmland along Koro Road in Eruku at about 12:30 p.m. and kidnapped the 40-year-old farmer.
“Upon receiving the report, a combined team of police officers, military personnel and local vigilante members was immediately deployed for an intensive search and rescue operation,” she said.
Ejire-Adeyemi assured residents that efforts are ongoing to ensure the victim’s safe return.
A community leader, who did not want his name mentioned, said the attackers — suspected to be Fulani/Bororo — arrived on the farm armed with cutlasses and AK-47 rifles before taking Aasanru away into the bush.
Sunday’s incident is the second major attack in Eruku within one month, heightening concerns about rising insecurity in the area.
