According to the source, the victims were engaged in an ongoing construction project at the time of the attack.
Suspected terrorists have abducted seven construction workers in Oba community, Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State.
A source told SaharaReporters that the incident occurred when the attackers stormed a construction site in the community and forcefully took away the workers.
According to the source, the victims were engaged in an ongoing construction project at the time of the attack.
Among those kidnapped are two staff members of the Kwara State Ministry of Works.
“The attackers came suddenly, overpowered the workers and marched them into the bush,” the source said, adding that the assailants operated without immediate resistance.
As of the time of filing this report, details of any contact with the families of the victims or ransom demands remain unclear.
However, the Kwara state government and security agencies are yet to issue an official statement on the abduction.
SaharaReporters previously reported that Nigerian soldiers arrested a group of suspected bandits found patrolling with AK-47 rifles in a local security patrol vehicle in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The suspects were intercepted by troops during an operation in the area and taken into custody.
In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, the arrested men were seen prostrated on the ground with their hands tied as soldiers questioned them over their activities and the source of the arms in their possession.
During the interrogation, one of the suspects, speaking in Hausa and Nigerian Pidgin, claimed that the vehicle and rifles were provided by the Kwara State government.
He alleged that they had been operating in the area under the guise of patrol duties for some time.
“We have been here for quite a while. We are using the vehicle for patrol. Wallahi, na the truth I dey tell you,” the suspect said in the video.
“Ilorin government na him give us this motor and the weapons. They were the ones that gave us the rifles.”
The suspect further alleged that the arms were not personally collected by him but by their superior, whom he referred to as “our oga,” insisting that multiple individuals were involved.
“We are not the ones that collected the rifles; it was our oga that collected them. I know because I was with them. We go patrol many times with them, including oga Victor. All of them are involved. The weapons are theirs,” he claimed.
The suspect repeatedly insisted that the rifles did not belong to them, swearing by God that the weapons were not privately owned by the group.
In the video, other detainees, whose hands were tied, were heard repeatedly chanting religious phrases as the questioning continued.