A suspected bandit threat has forced the temporary evacuation of more than 100 people from a ministry facility in Idofian, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, disrupting the operations of a school, hospital, orphanage and other support centres.
The founder of Word Assembly Ministries, Rev. Isaac Omolehin, disclosed this while speaking on the security situation at the facility, saying he, his wife and children had also been forced to flee their residence.
According to Omolehin, police officers arrived at the facility in the early hours of May 31 and advised residents to evacuate following intelligence suggesting that an attack was imminent. 
He said the evacuation affected ministry workers, students, patients, nurses, children and other vulnerable persons receiving care at the facility.
“The school cannot open, the hospital is not functioning, and the patients and nurses all ran for their lives,” he said.
The cleric said the facility also houses an orphanage, an old people’s home and a rehabilitation centre, making the security situation particularly concerning.
He alleged that suspected bandits later arrived at the location but found the premises largely deserted following the evacuation.
Omolehin said he had not been able to return to his residence or the ministry camp since the incident, adding that his family had been moving between different locations for safety.
He said the ministry had written to the police, the Department of State Services and the Kwara State Ministry of Social Welfare, seeking clearance and adequate security for residents to return.
However, he said no confirmation had yet been received that the area was safe.
The cleric also alleged that his hometown in Kogi State came under attack three days after the Kwara incident, with some residents reportedly killed.
Although the ministry’s buildings were not destroyed, Omolehin said some belongings were stolen after the facility was abandoned. He, however, distinguished the alleged looters from the suspected bandits, saying the major concern was the threat of abduction.
He appealed to the Federal Government and the Kwara State Government to urgently strengthen security around the facility, particularly because of the vulnerable children and other people under the ministry’s care.
Omolehin said some of the children at the orphanage had reportedly been placed there through government intervention, stressing the need for urgent action to protect them and enable essential services to resume.
Despite the disruption caused by the security situation, the cleric said the incident had not weakened his commitment to the ministry or its humanitarian activities.
