By our reporter 5.2.2026
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has lamented the killing of over 170 people in the Woro community of Kwara State, for refusing to be indoctrinated by Islamic jihadist group known as Mamuda.
He said President Bola Tinubu has deployed troops to the area and the government is determined to wipe out the terror and criminal groups operating in the area within a month. Abdulrazaq explained that the battalion of soldiers, known as Operation Savannah Shield, is combing the Kaiama area and the National Park in Niger State where the terror group are believed to be hiding.
“From the information we’ve been getting, this village refused to succumb to a perverted form of Islamic doctrine,” Governor Abdulrazaq said.
“The community aligned under the emirate, abiding by the Islamic faith. They didn’t want an alteration to how they pray to God, how they pray to Allah. Because they refused a change in the doctrine, they were attacked and massacred.
“It’s different from what we used to see when persons were kidnapped for ransom. But this was just a pure massacre and should be condemned.”