NEMA Deploys Response Team, Assesses Impact of Bandit Attack in Kwara Communities

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed a response team to assess and coordinate intervention activities following the recent bandit attack on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.

In a statement on Friday by the agency,the Director-General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, directed the team from the Agency’s Minna Operations Office, which covers Kwara State, to temporarily relocate to the affected areas to conduct a detailed on-the-ground assessment of the situation and the needs of the impacted communities.

The assessment is being carried out in collaboration with the Kwara State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and relevant security agencies to ensure an effective, coordinated, and well-informed response.

The Agency has also arranged relief items, comprising food and non-food materials, which are already on the ground to support victims in the affected communities.

The Director-General NEMA expressed her heartfelt sympathies to the affected communities and the Kwara State Government over the unfortunate incident and assured them of the Agency’s full support.

6th February, 2026