Nigeria, Jan. 8 -- The Oyo Global Forum (OGF) has raised the alarm over what it described as a growing security threat in Oyo State following a Tuesday night attack in the Old Oyo National Park that left five park rangers dead.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Taiwo Adebayo, the group's chairman, said the attack which claimed the lives of five officers, including two indigenes of the Oyo Federal Constituency, confirms the southward movement of armed groups operating in the country's north-central region.

OGF said the incident was predictable, citing the park's location along "largely ungoverned forest corridors" linking Kwara, Niger and Kebbi states, where violent extremists and other armed criminal networks have been active.

"Past ...