BREAKING: Again, Unknown Gunmen Abduct Ekiti Monarch

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Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted another Ekiti monarch.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

It was gathered that the Ekiti monarch was abducted in the presence of his wife on their farm at Eda Ile on Friday evening.

A source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, disclosed that the monarch and the wife would have been kidnapped, but for pleas by the traditional ruler.

“The Oba and his wife went to the farm and were accosted by these gunmen. The two would have been kidnapped, but the monarch begged the bandits to free his wife, which they agreed with,” the source, who spoke in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Saturday, said.

As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, the incident was confirmed by the Commander of the Ekiti State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, Brig Joe Komolafe.

He noted that all the security outfits in Ekiti, including police, soldiers, Amotekun corps, local hunters, and vigilante groups are already in the forests searching for the monarch.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the latest abduction is coming barely two months after the Obaadu of Ilemeso, in Oye local government, Oba David Oyewumi, was abducted by unknown gunmen.

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