Kwara Killings:Sack the military chiefs Now,Williams tell Tinubu
Says the Nations is bleeding
Former Director of Army Training and Doctrine, General Isola Williams has called for the immediate sacking of the military hierarchy up to the Chief of Army Staff over what he described as the negligence that led to Tuesday massacre in Woro town in Kwara State.
In an interview with Newdawnngr.com,Williams likened the killings for two days without reprisals from the Army high command as unheard of in any civilized country.Said he,”If this were to happen in an uncursed country,the CO up to the COAS will be sacked by the CinC.
The AFN especially the Army and the AIR Force with our Military and Intelligence Services have lost their reputation.
As for the IGP with his MOPOL,they are hiding their heads in shame.”
According to him,Lagos state among all other states in the country has set an example with Neighbourhood Safety Agency while the South West have done similar thing with the setting up of Amotekun without waiting for approval of the National Assembly.
He called on authorities to do the needful.and stop the bloodletting in the country.It will be recalled that terrorists on Tuesday and Wednesday practically wiped out Woro a town in Kwara killing over two hundred defenseless citizens while the whereabout of the monarch remain unknown as at press time.
The terrorusts in the wake of the attack,wipe Out Royal Household, Clerics, Teachers, Children
According to reports,the terrorists also occupied Kaiama local government area of Kwara State another town from Tuesday Night into Wednesday Morning
During the attack,Woro, a once-quiet community in turned into a killing field by suspected Sahel-linked terrorists in a carefully coordinated massacre that unfolded over two days.What began as nightfall terror ended as a prolonged slaughter.
By the time the gunfire faded, dozens lay dead — among them two wives of the Emir of Woro, several of his children, the Chief Imam of the community, a school principal, a headmistress, and schoolchildren who had just returned home. Entire families were erased. Authority figures were deliberately silenced. Innocence was hunted down.
The Emir himself, Alhaji Saliu Bio Umar, has vanished.
His whereabouts remain unknown, raising chilling fears that he may have been abducted or executed. His palace was torched, reduced to flames that lit up the night sky — a symbolic destruction of both leadership and tradition.
Eyewitness accounts describe a force of over 200 heavily armed fighters storming Woro on Tuesday evening, moving with precision and confidence. Residents say the attackers showed no mercy, killing anyone in sight — villagers, travelers, farmers, traders, women, and children.
“They killed without asking questions,” one survivor said. “If they saw you, you were dead.”
People traveling through Woro were ambushed and butchered. Some victims had their throats slit. Others were gunned down as they fled. The attackers moved house to house, street to street, unchallenged for hours.
Security forces reportedly responded to distress calls but were overwhelmed by the sheer number and firepower of the attackers, forcing a tactical withdrawal to avoid total annihilation. That retreat left Woro defenseless.
The terrorists took full control.
Among the dead were members of the Emir’s immediate family, a deliberate act many residents interpret as a message: no one is untouchable.
The killing of the Chief Imam of Woro, a respected spiritual leader, shattered the community’s moral backbone. The execution of a school principal and headmistress, alongside students who had just returned from school, underscored the cruelty of the assault — education itself was treated as an enemy.
In one harrowing video circulating from the aftermath, anguished voices can be heard crying out that the Emir’s palace had been burned. Bodies lie motionless on the ground. Flames consume what once symbolized stability and authority.
The Emir’s official vehicle was reportedly seized and used by the attackers to transport abducted victims to unknown locations.
Survivors say the nightmare continued.
On Wednesday morning, the attackers returned. Those who had escaped the first wave — or who came back to search for loved ones — were hunted down and killed. The message was clear: survival was temporary.
A RETALIATION YEARS IN THE MAKING
Investigations point to a Sadiku-led Boko Haram faction, allegedly linked to broader Sahel terror networks, as the architects of the massacre.
Months before the attack, the group had reportedly tried to force Woro residents to attend extremist sermons and submit to radical ideology. The Emir refused. He resisted. He reportedly alerted military authorities, warning of coercion, intimidation, and the growing terror presence in the area.
That defiance may have sealed Woro’s fate.
Residents believe the massacre was calculated revenge — a brutal punishment for rejecting extremism and cooperating with the state.
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For hours, terrorists ruled Nigerian territory without resistance.
Families were slaughtered. Leaders were erased. Children were murdered. A monarch disappeared.
And when it was over, Woro was left burning — physically and emotionally — while the nation woke up once again to familiar horror.
This was not just an attack on a village.
It was an attack on authority, faith, education, and living.
With Agency reports
