2025 Oreke-Okeigbo attack
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| 2025 Oreke-Okeigbo attack | |
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| Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |
| Location | Oreke-Oke, Kwara State, Nigeria |
| Date | 4 June 2025 c.6:30 p.m. |
Attack type | Mass shooting, and abduction |
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| Perpetrators | Boko Haram (suspected) |
On 4 June 2025, unidentified Islamist militants attacked the Oreke-Okeigbo marble stone mining site at Oreke-Oke in the Ifelodun LGA in Kwara State, Nigeria. Two police officers who were guarding the site were killed while two workers, one being a local and the other being a Chinese national. The two men are currently being held for ransom.[1]
Attack
[edit]On 4 June 2025 at around c. 6:30 p.m. unidentified gunmen attacked the Oreke-Okeigbo marble stone mining site near Oreke-Okeigbo. They killed two officers of the Nigerian Mobile Police, Assistant Superintendent Haruna Watsai and Inspector Tukur Ogah. The two officers were a part of the 45 Police Mobile Force, in Abuja. The gunmen then took the two officers' guns and abducted two workers, David Adenaiye of Kogi State, and Sam Xie Wie a Chinese investor.[2][3][4]
The day after the attack the attackers contacted an associate of Wie, Leo Liang demanding ₦1,000,000,000 for the release of Adenaiye and Wie.[5][6][7] As of 22 July 2025 Adenaiye and Wie are still being held captive.[1] The mining company that the two workers were employed to, are having negotiations with the kidnappers.[8] On 23 July, operatives of the People's Liberation Army reportedly stormed the Ifelodun Local Government Area in hopes to rescue the two men.[4]
On 8 August unidentified gunmen on motorcycles attacked a police station in the Babanla community in the Ifelodun LGA, killing five people, one of whom was identified as police inspector, Adejuno Wasiu. It's unknown if the attack on the Babanla police station is connected to the Oreke-Okeigbo attack.[9][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kareem, Mumini Abdul (2025-07-22). "Chinese expatriate kidnapped at Kwara mining site still..." Daily Trust. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Olesin, Abdullahi (2025-06-05). "Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Abduct Chinese National, 1 Other In Kwara". Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Ilorin, Adekunle Jimoh (2025-06-06). "Gunmen kill ASP, Inspector in Kwara". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ a b Kareem, Mumini Abdul (2025-07-23). "Chinese operatives storm Kwara forest over kidnapped..." Daily Trust. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Onje, Ojochenemi (2025-06-06). "Kidnappers demand ₦1 Billion ransom for Chinese, Nigerian abducted in Kwara". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Musa, Hadiza (2025-06-07). "Kidnappers demand ₦1bn for abducted Chinese, Nigerian in Kwara". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "Kidnappers Demand N1bn Ransom for Chinese-Nigerian Mining Victims Amid Security Search". www.ilorin.info. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Abidoye, Bisi (2025-06-29). "SPECIAL REPORT: Farmers feeling the brunt as kidnappers lay siege to Kwara communities". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Igwe, Ignatius (2025-08-10). "Officer, Four Others Killed As Gunmen Attack Kwara Police Station". Channels Television. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Ayogun, Goke (2025-08-10). "Gunmen kill Police Inspector, 4 others in Kwara community attack". Newsreel Daily. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Nigeria, News Agency of (2025-08-10). "Suspected gunmen invade Kwara community, kill police inspector, four others". Peoples Gazette Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-08-14.