One Killed As Gunmen Attack Ekiti Travellers

At least one person was killed after gunmen attacked travellers in Ekiti, the state police command has said.

Sunday Abutu, spokesman of the Police Command in Ekiti, said the incident happened between Ikere-Ekiti and Iju, a boundary town in Ondo state.

Abutu, in a statement on Saturday evening, disclosed that the location of other passengers remain unknown.

He noted that the police had begun a clandestine investigation and “serious manhunt” to apprehend the gunmen.

Abutu said that the driver managed to escape with the vehicle and ran to Ilupeju-Ikere divisional police headquarters in Ekiti to report the incident.

“The driver accounted that he was brave enough to have speedily escaped with his passengers from the scene but in the process, one of the passengers was unfortunately hit by a bullet and was rushed to General Hospital, Ikere-Ekiti where he later died,” he said.

“The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police implores everyone in the State not to panic as the Command shall join force with Ondo State Police Command to ensure that the perpetrators are made to face the full wrath of the law.”

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