8 February, 2026
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday afternoon attacked Koro community, a border settlement in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing one person.
The residents of the rural community, it was gathered, thrown into panic following the deadly attack by hoodlums suspected to be armed bandits.
It was gathered that the heavily armed men invaded the community, shooting sporadically and forcing residents to flee their homes in fear.
Meanwhile, Koro community shares a boundary with Egbe town in the Yagba West Local Government Area Of Kogi State.
Meanwhile, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday led his counterparts from Kogi and Ekiti states, Usman Ododo and Mr. Biodun Oyebamiji to visit victims of Woro terrorist attack that are receiving treatment in a hospital in Ilorin.
Also in the team was the member representing Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero/Ekiti Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Raheem Ajulo-Opin.
The governors, who sympathised with the victims, prayed to God to grant them quick recovery.
Speaking with journalists inside the Government House, Ilorin, the Ekiti state governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebamiji, who described the attack as unfortunate, commiserated with Governor AbdulRazaq and the people of Kwara state.
Governor Oyebamiji commended the federal and state governments for the swift response to the attack.
Governor Oyebamiji noted that the governors stand in solidarity with the people of Kwara state and prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed.
