Five persons traveling in a Lexus 330 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) were on Friday evening, 6 August, abducted while another was killed in Ekiti state.
The Police spokesperson, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the attack told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti, that the gunmen shot the driver of the vehicle dead.
The attack took place between Ewu-Ekiti and Aiyetoro-Ekiti, neighboring communities in Ilejemeje and Ido/Osi Local Government Areas of Ekiti State.
Mr. Abutu told NAN that the police, in conjunction with local hunters and operatives of Amotekun Corps, were already combing the forest around the area to rescue the victims and arrest the gunmen.
Witnesses, however, told NAN that there were five occupants in the vehicle and they were attacked by suspected herdsmen while returning from a social function in the area.
The witnesses also confirmed that the driver was shot dead and the other occupants of the vehicle were abducted.
The vehicle, with registration number LAGOS KRD 264 GV, was left at the scene facing the bush with the deceased inside it.
The incident follows the attack on former Ekiti State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Clement Adekola, who escaped death by the whiskers when his vehicle was attacked on August 3, also around 5 p.m.
The gunmen opened fire on Mr. Adekola’s vehicle as he was traveling along Ikere-Igbara Odo Road, in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
Recently, kidnappers allegedly abducted some travellers in three commercial buses on Akure/Ikere-Ado Ekiti road in Ekiti State.
It was gathered that the gunmen swooped on the travellers’ vehicles while navigating through the bad portions of the road.
It would also be recalled that the traditional ruler of Ewu-Ekiti, Oba Adetutu Ajayi, in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was shot by bandits on April 10, 2021.
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