{"id":194606,"date":"2026-02-12T13:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/another-forest-guard-killed-by-armed-bandits-in-kwara"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:42:45","slug":"another-forest-guard-killed-by-armed-bandits-in-kwara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/another-forest-guard-killed-by-armed-bandits-in-kwara","title":{"rendered":"Another Forest Guard Killed by Armed Bandits in Kwara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Armed bandits on Wednesday launched another fresh attack on Oba Isin in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State.<\/p>\n<p>Reports reaching indicated that another forest guard was killed in the attack, while his wife was abducted.<\/p>\n<p>The late forest guard becomes the second casualty of armed bandits attack after Samuel Omotosho Olawuyi, who lost his life at Koro town during the recent terrorists attack on the community in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Oba community was reportedly attacked by armed bandits, with heavy gunfire reported across parts of the town amid military operations to clear bandits in the Kwara South Senatorial District of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Residents say the sound of sustained gunshots threw the community into panic and confusion as people scampered for safety.<\/p>\n<p>The attack, which began about 8p.m, left many fleeing their homes, while others remained trapped indoors.<\/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. Armed bandits on Wednesday launched another fresh attack on Oba Isin in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. Reports reaching indicated that another forest guard was killed in the attack, while his wife was abducted. The late forest guard becomes the second casualty of armed bandits attack after Samuel Omotosho Olawuyi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Another Forest Guard Killed by Armed Bandits in Kwara - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Armed bandits on Wednesday launched another fresh attack on Oba Isin in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. 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