Ekiti: First Class Monarch Shot By Gunmen, As Suspected Kidnappers Abduct Filling Station Manager |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

Gunmen, Friday evening, ambushed a first class traditional ruler in Ekiti and rained bullets on his car.

The Elewu of Ewu Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba, Bamidele Adetutu Ajayi had just dropped off a relation at Ayetoro, and was returning to his domain around 7.30 pm, when he ran into an ambush by the gunmen.

They started firing gunshots at his vehicle while the monarch kept driving until he escaped from the ambush with injuries.

Some passersby later came to his rescue and was taken to Hospital for Treatment.

The monarch, according to some of his relations, is responding to treatment at a private hospital in Ado Ekiti.

If the royal father was lucky to have escaped death or a possible kidnap, the case of a manager of a gas station in Isan Ekiti was pathetic as he was whisked away in a broad day light by some suspected kidnappers.

The incident happened Thursday evening very close to the private residence of Governor Kayode Fayemi.

Members of Amotekun corps from Ilejemeje and Oye local governments have been drafted to secure the release of the kidnapped person.

Meanwhile, traditional rulers in Ekiti State have condemned the shooting of the Elewu, Oba  Adetutu Ajayi by gunmen leading to his hospitalisation.

Chairman of the State Council of Traditional Rulers, the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi, who spoke on Saturday on behalf of other traditional rulers, said that the perpetrators  of the heinous crime must immediately be apprehended  by security agents and given swift prosecution.

The Alawe expressed worry at the increasing rate of banditry, kidnapping and other forms of criminal activities in Nigeria and called on Security agents to increase the tempo of reducing the menace of crime throughout the country.

Oba Alabi prayed for the quick recovery of the traditional ruler.