Overview
- The Nigerian Red Cross put the death toll at 162 in Woro, with recoveries ongoing, after police and the Kwara governor confirmed the attack on Woro and nearby Nuku.
- The presidency accused Boko Haram and ordered a battalion to Kaiama, while the governor framed the assault as retaliation against recent security operations.
- A regional MP told the Associated Press that Lakurawa, an Islamic State‑linked faction, was responsible, though no group has claimed the killings.
- Local accounts described villagers rounded up with their hands tied and executed, homes and shops burned, the royal palace torched, and about 38 people abducted, mostly women and children.
- The killings highlight expanding insecurity in central‑west Nigeria, where bandit and jihadist violence persists despite stepped‑up military operations and new U.S. advisory and intelligence support.