UPDATE: Ekiti Govt Issues Statement On Kidnapped Commissioner

The Ekiti State Government has handed out a Press Statement over the Commissioner of Agriculture kidnapped on Sunday night on his way from Ado-Ekiti to his hometown in Iye-Ekiti in the state.

PRESS STATEMENT:
The Government of Ekiti State hereby confirms the abduction of the Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Folorunso 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 their 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.

Aare Muyiwa Olumilua
_Honourable Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation_

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