Unknown gunmen have killed a councillor of Ilejemeje council area and kidnapped the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, and another person.
The commissioner and two others were travelling in the same car along Isan Ekiti-Iludun Ekiti Road, when the incident happened on Sunday evening.
Ekiti State Government has confirmed the incident, vowing to ensure the release of those abducted.
Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, said in a statement, “We hereby confirm the abduction of the Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Olabode, by suspected bandits.
“From initial reports, the kidnappers shot one person in his entourage, the driver of the vehicle 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.”
Ekiti police spokesman, Sunday Abutu, also confirmed the incident.
“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,” he said.
