The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday expressed shock over the attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) during a special service on Tuesday, as well as the killing and abduction of rice farmers in Bokungi in the Edu Local Government Area of the same Kwara State on Wednesday.
In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, Afenifere decried the attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, and the killing of Brigadier General Musa Uba, who was ambushed on Damboa-Biu by terrorists.
Reports say that some bandits attacked the CAC church at about 6.30 pm on November 18, killed about three people, wounded many and abducted some people whose number is not yet known.
Spokesperson of the Kwara police Command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the attack.
Reports also indicate that the bandits launched another attack on the Ilorin-Kabba Road, forcing travellers to abandon their vehicles and flee. The latest report states that bandits attacked rice farmers in Bokungi, the very day after the Eruku incident.
A spokesman for Eruku Community, Mr. Olasunkanmi Ayeni, confirming the attack, went further to say that the bandits have been making desperate attempts to penetrate the community for about four weeks.
Reacting, the Afenifere asserted that the incidents further brought the level of insecurity to the fore.
“The level of insecurity is calling for a thorough overhauling of the country’s security architecture as high-level complicity, sabotage, and attempts to turn the people against the government cannot be ruled out in the upsurge of terrorists’ attacks presently,” Afenifere said.
It further argued that the nature of the attacks—the sophistication and daring character—clearly indicated that they were carefully planned and executed by individuals skilled in military and intelligence operations. This view was supported by none other than Kebbi State Governor, Mohammed Nasir Idris, who revealed that there was an intelligence report indicating an impending attack on the school, and he acted on this information to try to prevent the attack from happening.
- Media Report