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Suspected herdsmen kill councilor, kidnap commissioner, one other in Ekiti

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A councillor with Ilejemeje Council area of Ekiti state was on Sunday killed by suspected herdsmen along Isan Ekiti – Iludun Ekiti Road.

The herdsmen also kidnapped Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Folorunso Olabode, and another person.

The commissioner and two others were travelling in the same car along the road when the incident happened.

A source at Eda Oniyo, headquarters of Ilejemeje Council area of Ekiti State, said the herdsmen accosted their victims at a bad spot along the Isan – Iludun Road.

Ekiti State Government, however, confirmed the commissioner’s abduction and shooting of the councillor, promising to ensure the release of those abducted.

A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Muyiwa Olumilua, stated,

“We hereby confirm the abduction of the Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Olabode, by suspected bandits at about 7:00pm on Sunday April 26, 2020 on his way from Ado-Ekiti to his hometown in Iye-Ekiti, Ilejemeje LGA of Ekiti State.

“From initial reports, the kidnappers shot one person in his entourage, the driver of the vehicle, a serving Councillor, in the ensuing fracas.

“Governor Kayode Fayemi has mandated the security agencies in the state to ensure the prompt and safe release, while assuring residents that adequate measures are ongoing, to maintain the peace and security of the State.

“He promised that all perpetrators of this and any crime will be brought to book.

“The Commissioner for Police in Ekiti State, Amba Asuquo, has confirmed that a team has already been dispatched and are on the trail of the abductors, with a view to securing their release,” Olumilua stated.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident.

Abutu said,

Three persons were in the commissioner’s car when they were attacked. One person died on the spot and the other two including the commissioner were kidnapped.

“We had visited the scene to get on the spot information that can help us and our men are on already on ground combing the expansive forest to fish out of the evil men and also recover those abducted,” the PPRO said.

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