By Dalena Reporters — Egbe/Koro Axis, Kwara State — 13 November 2025
Gunmen believed to be Fulani terrorist have abducted a traveller and allowed another to flee after ambushing a vehicle along the Egbe–Koro road in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday evening.
According to local reports obtained by Dalena Reporters, the two victims were travelling together when they were forced off the highway by the attackers, who cornered them into the bush. The abducted individual is the son of a former women’s leader from the Koro community, while the escapee raised the alarm after managing to slip away during the gunmen’s operation.
The ambush marks a further escalation of insecurity in the border regions between Kwara and neighbouring states, where the Egbe–Eruku and Eruku–Egbe corridor has become a recurrent flashpoint for kidnappings, shootings and other forms of banditry.
Officials and residents expressed grave concerns over the evolving tactics of the gunmen—who are now mounting attacks at dusk, on major routes previously considered relatively safe—and called for an immediate deployment of security operatives, including highway patrols and forest-bush intercept teams. One witness, speaking under the condition of anonymity, said: “We were simply driving when suddenly they blocked the road, pointed guns at us, and pulled us off into the bushes. I ran when they were distracted.”
Security analysts warn that such incidents demonstrate how criminal elements are exploiting weak checkpoints, poor lighting on rural highways, and the dense forest belt between Kwara and Kogi states to carry out kidnappings for ransom. The attack raises questions about the adequacy of current security deployment and intelligence sharing across state boundaries.
Local leaders have urged the state police command and the military to launch a coordinated operation targeting known hide-outs along the Egbe–Koro axis, engage community vigilante groups for early detection and provide safe-passage corridors for motorists until the threat is neutralised. For the victims’ families, the incident is a traumatic example of how travel has become a gamble in parts of Nigeria once deemed safe.
As of this report, no official comment has been made by the Kwara State Police Command or the military regarding the abduction. Meanwhile, residents remain on high alert and many are avoiding travel on the corridor until authorities act decisively.
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