One killed, houses razed as vigilantes attack Fulani settlements in Kwara

 

By: Zagazola Makama 

 

Atleast one person killed and several houses destroyed following an attack by a group of vigilantes and local hunters on fulani settlements in Patigi local government area.

 

A police sources told Zagazola Makama that the incidents occurred at about 1540 hours on june 12, 2025, when the suspects, numbering about 100 allegedly invaded the fulani settlements in Latayi , Onashi and Rogua villages under the guise of fighting kidnapping, setting houses and food stores on fire, killing a fulani man (yet to be identified), and making away with N1million in cash and six motorcycles. 

 

The sources said that a team of military, police and civil defence personnel had been deployed to keep the peace and avert a reprisal attack, while efforts are ongoing to arrest the rogue vigilante suspects and recover the stolen items.

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