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One dead as gunmen kidnap 3 travellers in Ekiti

Last updated: August 7, 2021 1:00 pm
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About three persons travelling in a utility Lexus 330 Jeep between Ewu-Ekiti and Ayetoro-Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State were on Friday evening allegedly abducted while one other person was killed.

When ait.live visited the scene of the incident, a Lexus Jeep with registration number: LAGOS- KRD 264 GV was parked facing the bush without occupants, while the only person found at the scene of the incident was a lifeless body.

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The police public relations officer in Ekiti State Sunday Abutu confirmed the incident and said policemen have been deployed to the area.

It would be recalled that the traditional ruler of the village, (Ewu-Ekiti), Oba Adetutu Ajayi, in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was reportedly shot by bandits on the 10th of April earlier in the year, while Two hotel workers in Ayetoro-Ekiti were kidnapped in June leaving a security guard at the hotel badly injured from machete cuts and still recuperating at an undisclosed Heath facility in the State.

Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe

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