Fresh Panic In Kwara As Bandits Write To Strike Again

<h4>Fresh Panic In Kwara As Bandits Write To Strike Again<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that fresh panic has gripped residents of Ira&comma; Inaja and Aho communities in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State following the discovery of a threatening letter allegedly dropped at Ira market area&comma; warning of an impending terrorist attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The letter&comma; reportedly found on Thursday morning&comma; has thrown the affected communities into fear&comma; with security agencies said to have immediately convened operational meetings with local government authorities over the development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to sources familiar with the situation&comma; the authors of the letter identified themselves as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;NTA &lpar;Nigeria Terrorist Association&rpar;” and claimed they had moved from Kaiama Local Government Area to Oyun&comma; declaring their intention to strike the communities &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;anytime soon&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Residents told SaharaReporters that the threat has unsettled the entire axis&comma; particularly given the recent massacre in Woro community in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;premiumtimesng&period;com&sol;">Kaiama Local Government Area<&sol;a>&comma; where at least 162 people were reportedly slaughtered by suspected terrorists linked to Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati wal-Jihad &lpar;JAS&rpar;&comma; commonly known as Boko Haram&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The content of the letter seen by sources reads in part&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No Town&comma; or place That is scared us to destroyed&period; We search and gathered information before we raided&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group further taunted the residents&comma; writing&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We heard about this town IRA &OpenCurlyQuote;You people strong&comma; and have many Powerful men to face Our Organisation&period;’”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a chilling warning&comma; the letter added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Be ready for us at any time&comma; any date&period; noting Concern about your Oracle or us powerful We left Kaiama LG&comma; we move to Ira&comma; Inaja and Aho and town surrounded&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;33400" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-33400" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-33400" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;02&sol;Kwara-e1770977409467-300x199&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fresh Panic In Kwara As Bandits Write To Strike Again" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"199" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-33400" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><strong><em>The missive from bandits<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Ira is a border town adjoining Ilemona&comma; with Inaja and Aho located westwards along the same corridor&comma; a community increasingly viewed as vulnerable due to forest routes linking parts of Kwara to neighbouring states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Military sources disclosed that the Nigerian Army’s Forward Operation Base in Ilemona has intensified patrols across the threatened communities&comma; working alongside other security personnel to prevent any infiltration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The information has geared all the security agencies into series of operational preparedness and way forward meeting with local government authority&comma;” a source said&comma; adding that residents have been advised to remain vigilant and report suspicious movements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The development comes days after SaharaReporters exclusively reported how suspected Boko Haram terrorists allegedly issued a similar threat letter to Dunshigogo community in Kaiama Local Government Area following the deadly Woro massacre&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; February 3&comma; 2026&comma; terrorists invaded Woro in a coordinated evening assault&comma; killing men&comma; women and children indiscriminately&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among those killed were two wives of the Emir of Woro&comma; several of his children&comma; the Chief Imam&comma; a school principal&comma; a headmistress and returning students&period; The Emir&comma; Alhaji Saliu Bio Umar&comma; managed to escape after fleeing the scene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The attackers were believed to be linked to a Sadiku-led Boko Haram faction with alleged operational ties to Sahel-based terrorist networks&comma; marking a disturbing escalation of insurgent activity in Kwara State&comma; once considered relatively insulated from large-scale terrorist violence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Residents of Ira and neighbouring communities now fear a repeat of the Woro bloodbath&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of the time of filing this report&comma; Kwara State authorities and security agencies have yet to issue an official public statement specifically addressing the alleged NTA threat letter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With memories of Woro still fresh&comma; anxiety continues to mount across Oyun Local Government as residents brace for what many describe as an uncertain and frightening wait&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Source&colon; Sahara Reporters<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;