Tension Mounts Terrorists Sighted Moving towards Benue And Enugu, Schools Closed, Amid Trumps Invasion Threat (VIDEO)

Tension Mounts  Terrorists Sighted Moving towards Benue And Enugu, Schools Closed, Amid Trumps Invasion Threat (VIDEO)

KOTONGORA, NIGER STATE —

Panic has engulfed the Kawon community in Kotongora Local Government Area of Niger State after reports emerged on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, that a large group of armed terrorists was sighted passing through the area. The incident has triggered widespread fear and forced the immediate closure of schools, markets, and local businesses as authorities and residents scramble for safety.

Eyewitnesses described the armed men as heavily equipped with sophisticated weapons, moving in groups through the outskirts of the community. The sighting caused instant alarm, with residents locking their doors and remaining indoors while local vigilante teams and community guards took defensive positions to monitor any possible incursion.

“We saw them moving quietly but in large numbers. Everyone is afraid. Some have already fled to nearby towns,” a resident who requested anonymity told Glint News.

In the wake of the alarming development, several schools—both public and private—were directed to suspend academic activities indefinitely. Teachers, pupils, and students were urged to stay at home pending further security assessments. Religious and social gatherings were also cancelled, as the community remained under palpable tension throughout the day.

Local sources revealed that security agencies have been alerted, though residents complain that no immediate reinforcements have arrived. The police and military have reportedly intensified surveillance operations in the area and are coordinating with community vigilante networks to track the movement of the suspected terrorists.

The latest incident is part of a growing wave of terrorist and bandit activity sweeping through parts of Niger State and other regions of North-Central Nigeria. Over the past few months, rural areas in Niger, Kaduna, and Kebbi states have suffered repeated attacks and kidnappings, often attributed to armed groups migrating from the North-East and North-West regions.

Security analysts warn that these movements are part of a larger trend of infiltration toward the North-Central states—particularly Plateau, Benue, and even parts of Enugu State in the Southeast—where communities are increasingly becoming targets of organized attacks.

Reports indicate that the Fulani armed groups have been steadily advancing southward, establishing hideouts in forests and remote communities along state borders. The humanitarian impact of this expansion has been devastating, displacing thousands of rural dwellers and paralyzing agricultural and economic activities across multiple regions.

In Plateau and Benue States, entire villages have been overrun by marauding gunmen, forcing residents to flee en masse. Similar patterns of displacement have been reported in several communities in Enugu State, where villages have been attacked or occupied in recent months.

Affected areas in Enugu include:

Ogbokopia, Abor

Adanabor, Abor

Ogbigbe Amaogbu, Abor

Ndiagu Oteme

Ogomugo, Abor

Ezeugwu, Abor

Ngele, Akpanka

Omanze, Onuasinu

Mgbede

Okpokwu

Okpirigwu

Ukwuekwu

Ngele, Aguiyi

Many families from these communities have been displaced for months, taking refuge in neighboring towns or temporary camps. Local leaders and church groups have decried what they describe as a “silent campaign of ethnic and religious cleansing” targeting predominantly Christian settlements in rural Nigeria.

Human rights organizations and civil society groups have renewed calls for urgent intervention by the Federal Government to halt what they term a slow but deliberate spread of violence across Nigeria’s heartland.

Speaking on the situation, a security analyst in Minna warned that if the government fails to act decisively, the central and southern regions could face the same scale of insurgency that ravaged the North-East over a decade ago.

“This is not just an isolated security incident. It is part of a broader migration of armed groups. If unchecked, it will destabilize the entire North-Central region,” he cautioned.

Local stakeholders in Niger State have urged the deployment of additional military personnel and aerial surveillance to monitor terrorist movements across the Kotongora–Tegina–Kagara axis, known to be a hotspot for bandit logistics.

As night falls over Kawon Kotongora, the community remains on edge—its streets deserted, schools silent, and homes locked tight. The people wait anxiously for security reinforcements, praying that the storm of violence sweeping across Nigeria’s interior does not consume their town next.