Armed bandits, numbering about four, on Sunday attacked the Eruku community in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State and abducted a farmer identified simply as Mr. Aasaru.
Radio Nigeria gathered that this latest incident marks the second attack in Eruku within one month and comes barely a week after the Federal Government secured the release of 38 kidnapped members of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in the same community.
A source revealed that the bandits targeted Aasaru while he was on a farm along the road leading to Koro.
Confirming the development, the spokesperson of the Kwara State Police Command, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, said police operatives from the Eruku Division received a report on Sunday indicating that four armed men invaded a farm on Koro Road and abducted 40-year-old Mr. Aasaru.
Ejire-Adeyemi added that efforts have been intensified to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted farmer.
Writing by Ali Rabiu