VIRAL VIDEO: Moment Nigerian Soldiers Arrest Terrorists in Kwara, Reveal They Received AK-47 Rifles from State Government Officials
Nigerian soldiers have arrested a group of suspected terrorists found patrolling with AK-47 rifles in a local security patrol vehicle in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The suspects were intercepted by troops during an operation in the area and taken into custody. In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, the men were seen prostrated on the ground with their hands tied as soldiers questioned them about their activities and the source of the weapons in their possession.
During the interrogation, one suspect, speaking in Hausa and Nigerian Pidgin, claimed that the vehicle and rifles had been provided by the Kwara State government.
He alleged that they had been operating in the area under the guise of patrol duties for some time.
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“We have been here for quite a while. We are using the vehicle for patrol. Wallahi, na the truth I dey tell you,” the suspect said in the video.
“Ilorin government na him give us this motor and the weapons. They were the ones that gave us the rifles.”
The suspect further explained that the arms were not personally collected by him but by their superior, whom he referred to as “our oga,” insisting multiple individuals were involved.
“We are not the ones that collected the rifles; it was our oga that collected them. I know because I was with them. We go patrol many times with them, including oga Victor. All of them are involved. The weapons are theirs,” he claimed.
He repeatedly insisted that the rifles did not belong to them, swearing by God that the weapons were not privately owned. Other detainees, whose hands were tied, were heard chanting religious phrases as questioning continued.
As of filing this report, neither the Kwara State government nor the Nigerian Army has issued an official statement addressing the allegations or confirming the circumstances of the arrests.
This incident comes amid other recent security challenges in the state. Earlier reported that three young men returning from their mother’s burial in Agboro, Kwara State, were reportedly kidnapped by suspected terrorists who are now demanding ₦10 million per victim, totaling ₦30 million.
The victims—Isanlu Bidemi (33), Olumide (30), and their 17-year-old cousin, Moses—were abducted on Sunday, December 7, 2025, along the Odo-Ogbe axis of Yagba East Local Government Area.
