{"id":193728,"date":"2026-02-06T11:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwara-attack-police-were-overwhelmed-pro-ejire-adeyemi"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:42:48","slug":"kwara-attack-police-were-overwhelmed-pro-ejire-adeyemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-attack-police-were-overwhelmed-pro-ejire-adeyemi","title":{"rendered":"Kwara Attack: Police were overwhelmed \u2013 PRO, Ejire-Adeyemi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, says the police were overwhelmed at the time terrorists carried out the violent and fatal attack on Woro community.<\/p>\n<p>Ejire-Adeyemi said this on Friday in an interview on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>rResidents of Woro community where the attack took place alleged that they didn\u2019t get any response from the police and other security agencies until after 10 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Terrorists stormed the community and killed over 100 persons.<\/p>\n<p>But explaining the situation. The Police PRO said, \u201cWell, as of that moment, I just believe that probably they were overwhelmed. We also have this collaboration with the local vigilantes in that community, and most importantly, the National Forest guards are also present in that community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just say they were overwhelmed, and before they could get back because of the distance from the community to the Divisional Police Headquarters, which is located in Kayama, I don\u2019t know how long that took, but it is quite a distance, but definitely they got reinforcement,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, says the police were overwhelmed at the time terrorists carried out the violent and fatal attack on Woro community. 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