Residents of Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State have expressed outrage after a delegation reportedly sent by the Nigerian government arrived in the area with relief items such as mats, buckets and school bags for families affected by a recent deadly terrorist attack.
In a video obtained by SaharaReporters on Monday, grieving residents were seen angrily rejecting the items, describing them as an insult to their dignity in the face of the scale of loss suffered by the community.
The delegation was said to have delivered the items in an ambulance, claiming they were sent by the government.
However, community members refused to accept the materials, insisting that their most urgent need was not relief items but security and the immediate rescue of their abducted relatives.
“We don’t need these things,” some of the residents were heard saying in the video. “What we want is security and the return of our people.”
The anger follows the reported killing of over 200 people in the area during an attack by terrorists suspected to be linked to Boko Haram.
In addition to the mass killings, at least 176 women and children were abducted during the attack and are still in captivity.
Community members said many of the abducted victims are wives and children of those killed, worsening the humanitarian crisis in the area.
The development comes days after SaharaReporters published a disturbing video showing the kidnapped victims pleading for urgent rescue.
The victims, abducted on February 3 from Woro and neighbouring Kososo communities, appeared weak, exhausted and in deplorable conditions.
In the footage, one of the terrorists, speaking in Hausa, claimed responsibility for the abduction and said the captives were being given a “final opportunity” to appeal to authorities.
“We are the ones who kidnapped the people of Woro and Kososo,” the terrorist said. “We are giving them a final opportunity to appeal to the government.”
The victims, mostly women and children, echoed desperate pleas for help in multiple languages.
One visibly weak young woman, speaking in English, appealed to authorities and the public: “Please, we are begging you, this is the last opportunity they gave us. We have small children with us and some pregnant women. Please assist us.”
Another victim, speaking in Yoruba, called on both Kwara and Oyo state governments to intervene urgently, stressing that their lives depended on immediate action.
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