Suspected kidnappers on Sunday murdered a councilor from Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti state and abducted the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Folorunso Olabode.
The incident occured at about 7:00pm along Isan-Iludun road while the deceased, Olabode and an unknown woman were on their way from Ado-Ekiti to his hometown in Iye-Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the incident, Ekiti State Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Aare Muyiwa Olumilua, said the assailants shot the serving councillor who was the driver of the vehicle before abducting the commissioner.
Olumilua said, ”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.”
The commissioner further disclosed that ”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”.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Police in Ekiti State, Amba Asuquo, has confirmed that a team was already on the trail of the abductors to secure the release of the abductees.
Amba, who spoke through the Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said, ”The three persons were in the commissioner’s car when they were attacked. One person died on the spot and the other two were kidnapped.
“We had visited the scene to get on-the-spot information that can help us and our men are already on ground combing the expansive forest to fish out the evil men and also recover the abductees.”