In a tragic and shocking incident, at least 170 individuals have lost their lives following an armed assault on a remote village located in Nigeria's Kwara state. This distressing news was reported by a local lawmaker to Reuters on Wednesday, as search efforts by authorities and military personnel are ongoing in the nearby bushlands to locate any survivors.
This attack marks the most devastating event of its kind recorded this year within the district that shares a border with Niger state, an area that has increasingly come under threat from gunmen known for raiding villages, abducting residents, and pillaging livestock.
According to lawmaker Saidu Baba Ahmed, villagers were forced to flee into the surrounding brush as the attackers descended upon Woro village. Ahmed recounted that the assailants apprehended local residents, tied their hands behind them, and executed them without
