Nigeria, March 1 -- Armed men on motorcycles late Saturday stormed Gada Oli, a village near Wawa and a few kilometres from Woro in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, shooting into the air and looting phone shops, residents have said.

SaharaReporters first reported the incident, quoting community sources who said the attackers rode into the village at night, causing panic as residents fled.

"They entered the community on motorbikes and started shooting in the air to chase people away," a resident told the publication. "After people ran, they entered phone stores and took phones."

Community members who spoke anonymously for fear of being targeted said no deaths were recorded during the raid, though the terrorists broke into...