A mother and her two children were kidnapped in the early hours of Friday by gunmen suspected of being bandits in Kogi State’s Yagba West Local Government Area.
The attack happened in Bareke, Egbe community, near the home of Senator Sunday Karimi, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District, at around two in the morning, according to reports.
Early this Friday morning, at around two in the morning, the woman and two of her children were abducted from their home, and her husband managed to flee with injuries. It took place in Egbe, quite near the home of Sunday Karimi, the incumbent senator for Kogi West, a source told SaharaReporters.
It was discovered that during the raid, the woman’s husband was hurt while attempting to escape.
According to locals, the incident has traumatized the family and made everyone in the town anxious.
The kidnapping on Friday occurred less than twenty-four hours after another attack in Yagba West’s Ejiba.
All of the passengers on a commercial bus were reportedly abducted when bandits assaulted it on Thursday.
The event claimed the life of a biker who could only be identified by his serial number, 256. Earlier in the week, the attack wave in Yagba West persisted.
Three persons were kidnapped when gunmen broke into Bethel Farm in Ejiba on Wednesday, October 1.
The perpetrators allegedly targeted a bread distributor along the Ejiba–Odo-Eri route that same day, shooting one of the employees. Later, images of a burned motorcycle that was thought to be the property of local vigilante agents who faced the bandits appeared.
Mass displacement has resulted from the wave of attacks. SaharaReporters published a video of the Okunran neighborhood in Yagba West on September 26, 2025, which showed vacant streets and residences after residents had fled for their lives.
There were vacant communities where inhabitants had been forced to leave their houses due to continuous attacks, according to sources.
Locals have persisted in pleading with authorities to act quickly to bring calm back to Yagba West.
Senator Karimi, who chairs the Senate Committee on Services, is based in the local government.
