Gunmen kill many people for one attack wey happen for two villages for Western Nigeria — na one of the deadliest assaults for the West African country these past months.

The attack wey happen Tuesday evening target the neighbouring villages Woro and Nuku for Kwara state.

One lawmaker wey represent the area talk say at least 162 people die, while Amnesty International talk say the gunmen kill over 170 people, burn houses and loot shops. The rights group deplored "a stunning security failure."

Nobody don claim responsibility for the Tuesday attacks.

Wetin you suppose know about this latest deadly attack

Mohammed Omar Bio, the area's representative for parliament, talk say the attacks na the work of the Lakurawa terrorists.

James Barnett, researcher at the Washington-based Hudson Institute, talk say the attack fit more likely be carry out by one Boko Haram-affiliated faction wey don responsible for other recent deadly attacks for the area.

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq talk say Tuesday's attack fit be response to recent counter-terrorism operations for the region.

AbdulRazaq talk say the attack na attempt to distract security forces "wey don successfully hunted down several terrorist and kidnapping gangs across many parts of the state."

The attacks come days after the United States take military action against armed groups for Nigeria.

On Tuesday, the head of U.S. Africa Command talk say the United States don send small team of military officers to Nigeria. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson say the deployment na at Nigeria request and na to provide intelligence support.

US criticism

Nigeria don dey under diplomatic pressure from the U.S. these past months after U.S. President Donald Trump threaten to attack the country, alleging Nigeria no dey do enough to protect its Christian citizens.

Even though Christians dey among those targeted, analysts talk say majority of victims of armed groups na Muslims for Nigeria's Muslim-majority north, where most attacks dey happen.

But diplomatic tensions don since turn to cooperation between the two countries. For December, U.S. forces launch airstrikes on terrorist locations for northern Nigeria.

Security crisis

Nigeria dey inside complex security crisis, wey include terrorist attacks and big rise in kidnappings for ransom by criminal gangs.

For years, the so-called "bandits" mainly dey active for northwestern Nigeria, but recently dem don begin move enter other parts of the country, including Kwara State.

Terrorists don also dey increasingly active for Kwara, as decades-long attacks wey until recently mostly affect northeastern Nigeria don spill over to western and central regions.

The most notorious na the homegrown Boko Haram terrorists, wey pick up arms in 2009 to fight Western education. Boko Haram kill at least 36 people for northeastern Nigeria last week during separate attacks.

Other extremist armed groups for Nigeria include at least two affiliated with Daesh and another terror group known locally as Lakurawa, wey dey mainly for the northwest.

Last month, Nigeria government talk say the U.S. don pledge to deliver outstanding military equipment wey the country buy over the past five years, including drones and helicopters. Some of the equipment bin dey delayed in recent years over concerns about possible human rights abuses by Nigeria's security forces.