A horrifying video featuring 176 kidnapped victims—including women, children, and a nursing mother—who were purportedly taken from the Woro hamlet in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State has been published by suspected Boko Haram fighters.
The tape obtained by SaharaReporters showed the gang, officially known as Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, questioning the detainees.
One of the terrorists asked the hostages to identify the location of their kidnapping in the video.
According to three women who responded in Hausa, one of whom was a nursing mother, they were kidnapped from the Woro community in the Kaiama Local Government Area.
In the video, scores of women and children can be seen standing in rows, clearly upset. Indicating severe and dehumanizing circumstances, many of the children were observed without trousers, and many others were clad in tattered clothing.
The Kwara State Government was accused by one of the terrorists of downplaying the extent of the kidnapping while parading the victims.
Authorities reportedly reported that 20 to 30 people had been abducted, but he maintained that they now held 176 captives.
In the video, the terrorist claimed, “The Kwara State government lied to Nigeria and to the entire world.”
At the time this article was filed, the Kwara State Government had not formally addressed the allegations in the video.
After suspected terrorists allegedly launched a coordinated attack on the Woro community on February 4, 2026, the video was released.
Numerous people, including members of the Emir’s family, were slain in the attack, according to locals.
According to reports, the Chief Imam of the town, two wives of the Emir of Woro, a headmistress, a school principal, several of his children, and pupils who had just gotten home from school were among those slain.
Alhaji Saliu Bio Umar, the Emir of Woro, is still unaccounted for, which raises suspicions that he was murdered or kidnapped. The attackers allegedly set fire to his palace and confiscated his official vehicle, which they then allegedly used to transfer some of the kidnapped victims.
Afternoon videos showed burned-out structures and dead on the ground as locals bemoaned the extent of the destruction.
The assailants are allegedly associated with a Boko Haram faction led by Sadiku that is said to have operational connections throughout the Sahel, according to sources.
Before the attack, people said tensions had been rising for months. There were reports that the militants tried to force locals to attend their sermons and embrace their radical beliefs.
It was said that the Emir informed security services of the group’s activities and refused their requests.
It was claimed that the community experienced widespread reprisal as a result of this purported resistance.
